IC 2120

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Unknown
IC 2120
Constellation Carter
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 05h 19m 10.3s
declination + 38 ° 11 ′ 06 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Guillaume Bigourdan

Date of discovery

December 8, 1890

Catalog names
IC  2120 •
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IC 2120 is a non-existent object that the astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan observed on December 8, 1890. The object was probably a measurement from comet 113P / Spitaler , which the French astronomer had mistakenly assumed to be a nebula and which was later included in the index catalog .

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic21.htm#ic2120