IC 1295

{{Short description|Planetary nebula in the constellation Scutum}}

{{Sky|18|54|37.206|-|08|49|39.08}}

{{Infobox Planetary nebula

| name = [http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/sim-id.pl?protocol=html&Ident=IC1295 IC 1295]

| type = Planetary

| image = 300px

| caption = The most detailed image of IC 1295 captured so far.

| credit = ESO

| epoch = J2000

| ra = {{RA|18|54|37.206}}

{{cite web

| title=SIMBAD Astronomical Database

| work=Results for IC 1295

| url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/Simbad

| accessdate=2011-06-02

}}

| dec = {{DEC|-08|49|39.08}}

| radius_ly =

| appmag_v = 12.7

{{cite web

|title = NGC/IC Project

|work = Results for IC 1295

|url = http://www.ngcicproject.org/ngcicdb.asp

|accessdate = 2011-06-02

|url-status = dead

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120520010558/http://www.ngcicproject.org/ngcicdb.asp

|archivedate = 2012-05-20

}}

| size_v = 1.7 × 1.4 arcmin

| constellation = Scutum

| diameter_ly =

| absmag_v =

| dist_ly = 4700

| dist_pc = 1500

| notes =

| names = PK25-4.2

}}

IC 1295 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Scutum. It was discovered in 1867 by Truman Safford.{{cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic12a.htm#ic1295|title=New General Catalogue objects: NGC 1250 - 1299|author=Seligman, Courtney|website=cseligman.com|accessdate=27 September 2019}} It lies roughly 4,700 light-years (1,500 parsecs) away.{{cite DR2}}

The central star of the planetary nebula has a spectral type of DAO.56 and shows the hydrogen deficient class object as hgO(H).{{cite journal|doi=10.1051/0004-6361/202141916|title=Planetary nebulae in Gaia EDR3: Central star identification, properties, and binarity|year=2021|last1=González-Santamaría|first1=I.|last2=Manteiga|first2=M.|last3=Manchado|first3=A.|last4=Ulla|first4=A.|last5=Dafonte|first5=C.|last6=López Varela|first6=P.|journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics|volume=656|pages=A51|arxiv=2109.12114|bibcode=2021A&A...656A..51G|s2cid=237940344}}