IC 4631

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Unknown
IC 4631
Constellation Bird of paradise
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 17h 10m 59.2s
declination -77 ° 36 ′ 00 ″
Further data
history
discovery

DeLisle Stewart

Date of discovery

17th August 1900

Catalog names
IC  4631 •
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IC 4631 is a non-existent object which the astronomer DeLisle Stewart erroneously described as an IC object on August 17, 1900.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic46.htm#ic4631