IC 420
DSS image of IC 420
Overlaid DSS image of IC 420, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around IC 420

Type  Bright Nebula
Magnitude  
Size  6'
Right Ascension  5h 32' 8"  (2000)
Declination  4° 31' 18" S
Constellation  Orion
Observing Notes

Harold Corwin

IC 420, IC 421, IC 423, IC 424, IC 426-IC 428, IC 430-IC 432, IC 434, and IC 435 were all discovered by Williamina Fleming on Harvard plates taken in the late 1880s. See IC 434 for more.
IC Notes by Harold Corwin
Other Data Sources for IC 420
Nearby objects for IC 420
21 objects found within 60'
45 Orionis c Orionis HD 37040
Messier 43 NGC 1973 NGC 1975
NGC 1977 NGC 1981 Orion Nebula
Sh2-276 Theta1 Orionis A Theta1 Orionis B
Theta1 Orionis C Theta1 Orionis D Theta1 Orionis E
Theta1 Orionis F Theta2 Orionis Theta2 Orionis A
Theta2 Orionis B Theta2 Orionis C Trapezium
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IC 420