IC 2975

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Unknown
IC 2975
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 11h 54m 06s
declination -05 ° 33 ′ 42 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Lewis Swift

Date of discovery

1897

Catalog names
IC  2975 •
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IC 2975 is a non-existent object which the astronomer Lewis Swift wrongly described as an IC object in 1897.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic29a.htm#ic2975