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]
References
- ^ “IC 417”.
- ^ “Young Stellar Object Candidates in IC 417 Overview”.
- ^ Bhatt, B.C.; Pandey, A.K.; Mahra, H.S.; Paliwal, D.C. “CCD photometry of galactic open star clusters-III. NGC 1931”.
- ^ 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”.
- ^ “IC 417”.
- ^ “Galactic Nebula IC 417”.
- ^ “The Spider Nebula”.
