IC 405

emission nebula in the constellation Auriga
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IC 405

Summary

IC 405 is an emission nebula[1]. It draws 36 Wikipedia views per month (emission_nebula category, ranking #4 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • IC 405 is credited with the discovery of John Martin Schaeberle[3].
  • IC 405's image is recorded as FlamingStarHunterWilson.jpg[4].
  • IC 405's instance of is recorded as emission nebula[5].
  • IC 405's constellation is recorded as Auriga[6].
  • IC 405's Commons category is recorded as IC 405[7].
  • IC 405's catalog code is recorded as IC 405[8].
  • IC 405's catalog code is recorded as LBN 172.16-02.02[9].
  • IC 405's catalog code is recorded as LBN 795[10].
  • IC 405's catalog code is recorded as CTB 16[11].
  • IC 405's catalog code is recorded as Caldwell 31[12].
  • IC 405's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1892-03-21T00:00:00Z[13].
  • IC 405's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03wd3sx[14].
  • IC 405's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.2'}[15].
  • IC 405's SIMBAD ID is recorded as IC 405[16].
  • IC 405's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+79.350'}[17].
  • IC 405's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+34.383'}[18].
  • IC 405's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[19].

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Works and Contributions

IC 405 is credited with the discovery of John Martin Schaeberle[3].

Why It Matters

IC 405 draws 36 Wikipedia views per month (emission_nebula category, ranking #4 of 12).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . cseligman.com. Retrieved . cseligman.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . cseligman.com. Retrieved . cseligman.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ic-405_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{IC 405}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ic-405}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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