IC 2940

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Unknown
IC 2940
Constellation lion
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 11h 36m 02.7s
declination + 21 ° 57 ′ 42 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Guillaume Bigourdan

Date of discovery

April 29, 1891

Catalog names
IC  2940 •
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IC 2940 is a non-existent object, which the astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan erroneously described as an IC object on April 29, 1891.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic29.htm#ic2940