IC 2399

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Unknown
IC 2399
Constellation cancer
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 08h 46m 50.1s
declination + 18 ° 54 ′ 55 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Max Wolf

Date of discovery

January 13, 1901

Catalog names
IC  2399 •
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IC 2399 is a non-existent object, which the astronomer Max Wolf erroneously described as an IC object on January 13, 1901.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic23a.htm#ic2399