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IRAS 16293-2422

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Right ascension: 16h 32m 22.56s
Declination: −24° 28′ 31.8″
Galactic l, b: 353.94, 15.84
Angular size: 0.35′ × 0.1333′

Also known as

18 identifiers

HGBS J163223.1-242836IRAS 16293-2422JCMTLSG J163222.6-242833JCMTSE J163222.8-242837JCMTSF J163222.8-242837SSTc2d J163222.6-242831SSTc2d J163222.6-242832WISE J163222.62-242833.6WISEA J163222.60-242833.6[EDJ2009] 1008[EES2009] Oph-emb 2[FST86] rho Oph E[HL2013] 248.09427-24.47550IRAS 16293[JJK2008] SMM J163223-24284[NWA2006] SMM 20rho Oph East[YEE2006] 37

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
IRAS 16293-2422B	YSO	0.9556″	—
LDN 1689	DarkNeb	2.917″	—
[W89] A2	Radio	5.853″	—
[W89] A1	Radio	5.908″	—
IRAS 16293-2422A	YSO	6.031″	—
[W89] Aa	smmRad	6.22″	—
[W89] Ab	smmRad	6.245″	—
LDN 1689N	DarkNeb	48.6″	—
IRAS 16293-2422 NER	PartofCloud	92.41″	—
IRAS 16293E	denseCore	96.72″	—
2MASS J16322081-2430290	YSO	120.1″	—

Provenance

where this card came from

Archive	Read at (UTC)	Record
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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/iras-16293-2422 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.