IC 2141

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Asterism
IC 2141
Constellation painter
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 05h 42m 22.3s
declination -51 ° 01 ′ 57 ″
Further data
Number of stars

3

history
discovery

Robert Innes

Date of discovery

1898

Catalog names
IC  2141 •
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In the index catalog, IC 2141 designates three apparently close together stars in the constellation Pictor . The catalog entry goes back to an observation made by the astronomer Robert Innes in 1898.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic21.htm#ic2141