IC 3404

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Unknown
IC 3404
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 12h 29m 10.5s
declination + 07 ° 09 ′ 13 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Arnold Schwassmann

Date of discovery

November 8, 1899

Catalog names
IC  3404 •
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IC 3404 is a non-existent object, which the astronomer Arnold Schwassmann erroneously described as an IC object on November 8, 1899.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic34.htm#ic3404