IC 2918

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Unknown
IC 2918
Constellation lion
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 11h 32m 26.2s
declination + 13 ° 14 ′ 55 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Max Wolf

Date of discovery

March 27, 1906

Catalog names
IC  2918 •
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IC 2918 is a non-existent object, which the astronomer Max Wolf erroneously described as an IC object on March 27, 1906.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic29.htm#ic2918