IC 4988

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Unknown
IC 4988
Constellation peacock
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 20h 21m 46s
declination -69 ° 23 ′ 04 ″
Further data
history
discovery

DeLisle Stewart

Date of discovery

September 24, 1900

Catalog names
IC  4988 •
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IC 4988 is a non-existent object which the astronomer DeLisle Stewart erroneously described as an IC object on September 24, 1900.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic49a.htm#ic4988