IC 3257

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Unknown
IC 3257
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 12h 23m 40.1s
declination + 07 ° 16 ′ 24 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Guillaume Bigourdan

Date of discovery

April 23, 1895

Catalog names
IC  3257 •
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IC 3257 is a non-existent object, which the astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan wrongly described as an IC object on April 23, 1895.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic32a.htm#ic3257