IC 3026

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Unknown
IC 3026
Constellation Water snake
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 12h 10m 34s
declination -29 ° 55 ′ 24 ″
Further data
history
discovery

DeLisle Stewart

Date of discovery

July 1899

Catalog names
IC  3026 •
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IC 3026 is a non-existent object that the astronomer DeLisle Stewart erroneously described as an IC object in July 1899. A defective photo plate is suspected .

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic30.htm#ic3026