IC 2272
DSS image of IC 2272
Overlaid DSS image of IC 2272, 60' x 60' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around IC 2272

Type  Double Star
Magnitude  
Right Ascension  8h 18' 7.2"  (2000)
Declination  18° 44' 9" N
Constellation  Cancer
Observing Notes

Harold Corwin

IC 2272 is a pair of stars, verified on a print of the original plate. Wolf's nearby star is at 08 15 11.44, +18 53 26.7 (B1950.0), though there is of course no nebula connecting the stars. There may, however, be a whisp of a plate defect there. See IC 2262.
IC Notes by Harold Corwin
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IC 2272