IC431 (Reflection nebula)

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

From Fairfield , IC431 is visible from soon after it rises, at 09:46, until soon before it sets at 21:42.

Name IC431

Object type Reflection nebula

Other names

IC 431^[1]
LBN 944^[2]
VdB 50^[3]

Position

Sources

^[1]	OpenNGC (Mattia Verga)

^[2]	"Catalogue of Bright Nebulae", B.T. Lynds, 1965, Astrophysical Journal Supplement

^[3]	"Catalogue of Reflection Nebulae", S. van den Bergh, 1966, Astronomical Journal

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