IC 289

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Planetary Nebula
IC 289
Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
AladinLite
Constellation Cassiopeia
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 03h 10m 19.2s
declination + 61 ° 19 '00 ″
Appearance
Apparent brightness  (visual) 13.2 mag 
Apparent brightness  (B-band) 12.3 mag 
Angular expansion 0.8
Central star
Physical data
Redshift −0.000045 
distance 4,200 ly 
history
discovery Lewis A. Swift
Date of discovery September 2, 1888
Catalog names
 IC  289 •  PK  138 + 02.1 • PN G138.8 + 02.8 • ARO 86

IC 289 is a planetary nebula located 4,200 light years away in the constellation Cassiopeia , which is listed in the index catalog with the eponymous acronym "IC". The nebula was discovered on September 2, 1888 by the astronomer Lewis A. Swift .

Web links

Commons : IC 289  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ NED results for object IC 0289. In: NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved July 19, 2013 .
  2. a b SEDS : IC 289
  3. ^ IC 289 - Planetary Nebula. In: SIMBAD Astronomical Database. Retrieved July 19, 2013 .
  4. ^ IC 289. In: Sky Atlas 2000. Retrieved July 19, 2013 .
  5. Courtney Seligman: IC Objects: IC 250 - 299. Retrieved May 2, 2015 .

Attention: The sorting key “IC 0289” overwrites the previously used key “IC0289”.