IC 4998

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Unknown
IC 4998
Constellation Sagittarius
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 20h 23m 59.3s
declination -38 ° 14 ′ 40 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Lewis Swift

Catalog names
IC  4998 •
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IC 4998 is a non-existent object which the astronomer Lewis A. Swift erroneously described as an IC object on September 11, 1897.

Individual evidence

  1. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic49a.htm#ic4998