IC 3456

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Unknown
IC 3456
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 12h 31m 43.7s
declination + 28 ° 21 ′ 29 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Max Wolf

Date of discovery

March 23, 1903

Catalog names
IC  3456 •
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IC 3456 is a non-existent object, which the astronomer Max Wolf erroneously described as an IC object on March 23, 1903.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic34a.htm#ic3456