Edwin Foster Coddington

IC 2574 is commonly known as Coddington's Nebula after the American astronomer Edwin Coddington, who discovered it in 1898.

Asteroids discovered: 3

439 Ohio	October 13, 1898
440 Theodora	October 13, 1898
445 Edna	October 2, 1899

Edwin Foster Coddington (June 24, 1870–December 21, 1950) was an American astronomer.

He co-discovered the comet C/1898 L1 (Coddington-Pauly), also known by the older designation Comet 1898 VII. He also discovered a few asteroids, and the galaxy IC 2574 in Ursa Major, which later became known as the "Coddington Nebula".