IC1287 Observation Details

IC1287 Daily Motion
IC1287 will rise at 02:48, during twilight, and will ascend to 35° by the time twilight ends at 06:36.IC1287 will be visible until November, 5, when it will move too close to the Sun. During this time, its proximity to the Sun will cause it to disappear from the night sky, making it unobservable for a while.
IC1287 Visibility Timetable on March 20
IC1287 Rise and Set Timetable
Time | Elevation | |
Astrosession begin | 21:15 | -58° |
Moon Rise, 71.4% illuminated | 01:22 | -16° |
IC1287 rise | 02:48 | |
Astrosession end | 06:04 | 31° |
Civil sunrise | 07:07 | 37° |
Sunrise | 07:36 | 39° |
IC1287 transit | 08:10 | 39° |
Moon Set | 10:24 | 30° |
IC1287 set | 13:32 |
Track IC1287 Position Throughout the Night
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IC1287 Image Gallery
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DSS Near-Infrared

DSS Composite image

The photos are taken from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2), which was produced at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) under NASA contract, using data from the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and the National Geographic Society-Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS II).
Special thanks to the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, and the California Institute of Technology for their significant contributions.
Finder Chart for IC1287
Object name | IC1287 |
Field of view | |
Limiting magnitude | |
IC1287 coordinates | 18.5238, -10.79581 |
Center coordinates | 18.5238, -10.79581 |
IC1287 Passage Through Night
Current position of IC1287
Time | 18:44 |
Latitude | 39.9625 |
Longitude | -83.0061 |
IC1287 elevation | -55° |
IC1287 Azimuth | 40° |
Annual motion of IC1287
Date | Thu, 20 March 2025 |
Twighlight start | 21:11 |
Twighlight end | 05:58 |
Twighlight duration | 9h 47m |
Rise | 02:48 |
Set | 13:32 |
Elevation at transit | 39° |
Transit time | 08:10 |
Equatorial coordinates | RA: 18h 31m 25s", Dec: -10° 47' 44s |
Magnitude | 6 |
Constellation | Scutum |
The graph is structured with the vertical axis showing the hours of the day, ranging from 12 AM to 12 AM the next day, while the horizontal axis spans each day of the year.
The reddish shaded area indicates the periods when the IC1287 is above the horizon, visible to observers. The white line marks the times when the celestial object reaches its highest point in the sky each day, known as the transit.
Data Credits
The nebulae information on this page is sourced from the OpenNGC project, developed by Matteo Verga. OpenNGC provides detailed data on the NGC catalog, which is a valuable resource for exploring deep-sky objects such as nebulae.
For more details or to contribute to OpenNGC, visit the official GitHub repository: OpenNGC on GitHub.