IC 4959

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Unknown
IC 4959
Constellation telescope
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 20h 10m 57.5s
declination -53 ° 05 ′ 38 ″
Further data
history
discovery

DeLisle Stewart

Date of discovery

1899

Catalog names
IC  4959 •
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IC 4959 is a non-existent object which the astronomer DeLisle Stewart mistakenly described as an IC object in 1899.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic49a.htm#ic4959