IC 1717

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Unknown
IC 1717
Constellation Little water snake
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 01h 32m 30s
declination -67 ° 32 ′ 00 ″
Further data
history
discovery

DeLisle Stewart

Date of discovery

1899

Catalog names
IC  1717 •
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IC 1717 is a non-existent object that the astronomer DeLisle Stewart incorrectly described as an IC object in 1899.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic17.htm#ic1717