IC 2998

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Unknown
IC 2998
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 12h 05m 54s
declination + 20 ° 45 ′ 00 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Guillaume Bigourdan

Date of discovery

April 13, 1896

Catalog names
IC  2998 •
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IC 2998 is a non-existent object, which the astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan erroneously described as an IC object on April 13, 1896.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic29a.htm#ic2998