IC431 (Reflection nebula)

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

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From South El Monte , IC431 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:20 (PDT) – 3 hours and 57 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 33° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:15.

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

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