IC 1604

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Unknown
IC 1604
Constellation whale
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 00h 58m 00s
declination -16 ° 13 '00 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Lewis Swift

Date of discovery

November 19, 1898

Catalog names
IC  1604 •
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IC 1604 is a non-existent object which the astronomer Lewis Swift erroneously described as an IC object on November 19, 1898.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic16.htm#ic1604