IC 2970

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Unknown
IC 2970
Constellation cups
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 11h 53m 09s
declination -23 ° 07 ′ 24 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Lewis Swift

Date of discovery

May 12, 1898

Catalog names
IC  2970 •
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IC 2970 is a non-existent object which the astronomer Lewis Swift erroneously described as an IC object on May 12, 1898.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic29a.htm#ic2970