IC 408

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Unknown
IC 408
Constellation Hare
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 05h 17m 54s
declination -25 ° 05 ′ 23 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Lewis Swift

Date of discovery

February 1889

Catalog names
IC  408 •
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IC 408 is a non-existent object in the index catalog , which the astronomer Lewis A. Swift wrongly described as an IC object in February 1889.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic4.htm#ic408

Attention: The sorting key "IC 0408" overwrites the previously used key "IC0408".