IC 4552

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Unknown
IC 4552
Constellation Snake
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 15h 34m 58.4s
declination + 04 ° 41 ′ 58 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Lewis Swift

Date of discovery

June 21, 1897

Catalog names
IC  4552 •
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IC 4552 is a non-existent object which the astronomer Lewis Swift erroneously described as an IC object on June 21, 1897.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic45a.htm#i4552