IC 3493

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Unknown
IC 3493
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 12h 33m 21.1s
declination + 09 ° 23 ′ 25 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Arnold Schwassmann

Date of discovery

February 15, 1900

Catalog names
IC  3493 •
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IC 3493 is a non-existent object, which the astronomer Arnold Schwassmann erroneously described as an IC object on February 15, 1900.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic34a.htm#ic3493