IC 4681

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Unknown
IC 4681
Constellation Sagittarius
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 18h 08m 17.3s
declination -23 ° 24 ′ 11 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Edward Barnard

Date of discovery

August 1905

Catalog names
IC  4681 •
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IC 4681 is a non-existent object which the astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard incorrectly described as an IC object in August 1905.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic46a.htm#ic4681