IC 3009

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Unknown
IC 3009
Constellation Water snake
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 12h 08m 00,1s
declination + 12 ° 38 ′ 47 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Arnold Schwassmann

Date of discovery

September 14, 1900

Catalog names
IC  3009 •
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IC 3009 is a non-existent object, which the astronomer Arnold Schwassmann erroneously described as an IC object on September 14, 1900.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic30.htm#ic3009