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IC 417

IC 417 is an emission nebula in Auriga. It is part of the Aur OB2 association, located nearby to NGC 1931. It is located on the near side of the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way galaxy.

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IC 417
Nebula
Observation data: epoch
Right ascension5h 28m 5.9s
Declination+34° 25′ 26″
Distance7100 ly
Apparent diameter13' x 10'1
ConstellationAuriga
DesignationsCED 46, LBN 804, Sh 2-234

IC 417 is an emission nebula in Auriga. It is part of the Aur OB2 association, located nearby to NGC 1931.2 It is located on the near side of the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way galaxy.

It has an estimated age of 10 million years.3 The nebula is home to 710 potential young stellar objects. 4 It is thought that it truly contains hundreds of thousands of newly-formed stars.5

It was discovered by Max Wolf on 25 September, 1892.6 IC 417 is visually nearby to the open cluster Stock 8, which it surrounds.7

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References

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  2. "Young Stellar Object Candidates in IC 417 Overview".
  3. Bhatt, B.C.; Pandey, A.K.; Mahra, H.S.; Paliwal, D.C. "CCD photometry of galactic open star clusters-III. NGC 1931".
  4. Rebull, L.M.; Anderson III, R.L.; Hall, G.; Kirkpatrick, J.D.; Koenig, X.; Odden, C.E.; Rodeiguez, B.; Sanchez, R.; Senson, R.; Urbanowski, V. "Young Stellar Object Candidates in IC 417".
  5. "IC 417".
  6. "Galactic Nebula IC 417".
  7. "The Spider Nebula".