IC431 (Reflection nebula)

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

Show information for


From South El Monte , IC431 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 00:00, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:08, 54° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 06:05, 45° above your south-western horizon.

Name IC431
Object type Reflection nebula
Other names
IC 431[1]
LBN 944[2]
VdB 50[3]
Position
Right ascension:05h40m [1]
Declination:−01°27' [1]
Constellation:Orion

Share