IC 4977

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Unknown
IC 4977
Constellation Capricorn
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 20h 11m 53.9s
declination -21 ° 38 ′ 15 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Guillaume Bigourdan

Date of discovery

June 21, 1898

Catalog names
IC  4977 •
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IC 4977 is a non-existent object, which the astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan erroneously described as an IC object on June 21, 1898.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic49a.htm#ic4977