Basic object information

Name: IC 434
Type of object: Bright nebula
Magnitude: 11.0
Size: 90.0'x30.0'

Position (epoch of date)

Right ascension: 5h 41m 10s
Declination: -2° 27' 12"
Constellation: Orion

Local information

Altitude: -50° 24' 13"
Azimuth: 12° 18' 19"

Rise: 15h 40m 44s  
Transit: 21h 34m 7s
Set: 3h 31m 27s  

Star atlas chart numbers:

Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas, Chart C-53
Millennium Star Atlas, Charts 253-254 (Vol I)
Sky Atlas 2000.0, Chart 11
Uranometria 2000 Chart 226, Vol 1 and 2


Revised NGC/IC Catalog Data

Wolfgang Steinicke, Feb 2001

Names and designations

IC 434
LBN 954
CED 55N

Type of object: Emission nebula

Catalog position for epoch J2000.0

Right ascension:	05h 41m 00.8s
Declination:		-2° 27' 14"


Object information

Magnitude: 11.0
Size: 90.0'x30.0'

Object classification: EN      
Remarks: Horsehead nebula

Saguaro Astronomy Club v7.2 Catalog Data

Saguaro Astronomy Club, August 2000

Names and designations

IC 434
LBN 954

Type of object: Bright nebula

Catalog position for epoch J2000.0

Right ascension:	05h 41m 00.0s
Declination:		-2° 27' 00"

Constellation: Orion

Object information

Magnitude: 11.0
Size: 90.0'x30.0'

Object classification: E
Description: eF,vvL,vmE;1 deg long incl Zeta Ori
Notes: Contains Horsehead neb (B33)