IC 4940

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Unknown
IC 4940
Constellation Sagittarius
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 20h 05m 43.5s
declination -44 ° 42 ′ 28 ″
Further data
history
discovery

DeLisle Stewart

Date of discovery

July 1899

Catalog names
IC  4940 •
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IC 4940 is a non-existent object that the astronomer DeLisle Stewart incorrectly described as an IC object in July 1899.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic49.htm#ic4940