NGC 2183

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Reflection fog
NGC 2183
Image taken with a 60 cm telescope
Image taken with a 60 cm telescope
Constellation unicorn
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 06h 10m 46.9s
declination -06 ° 12 ′ 43 ″
Further data
Angular expansion

1 '× 1'

history
discovery

Bindon Blood Stoney

Date of discovery

1850

Catalog names
NGC  2183 • LBN 996, CED 69
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NGC 2183 is a reflection nebula in the constellation Unicorn . The object was discovered by the astronomer Bindon Blood Stoney in 1850.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. SEDS : NGC 2183
  3. Seligman