IC 4658

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Unknown
IC 4658
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Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 17h 36m 10.7s
declination -59 ° 35 ′ 07 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Royal Harwood Frost

Date of discovery

July 20, 1903

Catalog names
IC  4658 •
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IC 4658 is a non-existent object which the astronomer Royal Harwood Frost erroneously described as an IC object on July 20, 1903.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic46a.htm#ic4658