IC 3496

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Unknown
IC 3496
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 12h 33m 18.8s
declination + 26 ° 45 ′ 37 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Max Wolf

Date of discovery

March 23, 1903

Catalog names
IC  3496 •
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IC 3496 is a non-existent object or possibly a star in the constellation Haar der Berenike , 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#ic3496