IC 4966

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Asterism
IC 4966
Constellation telescope
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 20h 12m 16.4s
declination -53 ° 37 ′ 11 ″
Further data
Number of stars

3

history
discovery

DeLisle Stewart

Date of discovery

1899

Catalog names
IC  4966 •
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In the index catalog IC 4966 designates three apparently close together stars in the constellation Telescope . The catalog entry goes back to an observation by the astronomer DeLisle Stewart in 1899.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic49a.htm#ic4966