IC1871 (HII region)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , IC1871 is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky shortly before dawn, when it will be lost to twilight at around 04:36, 67° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 20:56 (EDT), 19° above your northern horizon.

Name IC1871
Object type HII region
Other names
IC 1871[1]
LBN 675[2]
Position
Right ascension:02h57m [1]
Declination:+60°40' [1]
Constellation:Cassiopeia

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