IC 439

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Unknown
IC 439
Constellation Carter
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 05h 56m 37.2s
declination + 32 ° 01 ′ 37 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Max Wolf

Date of discovery

September 25, 1892

Catalog names
IC  439 •
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IC 439 is a non-existent object in the index catalog , which the astronomer Max Wolf erroneously described as an IC object on September 25, 1892.

Individual evidence

  1. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic4.htm#ic439
  2. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE