IC 5018

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Unknown
IC 5018
Constellation Sagittarius
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 20h 30m 31.7s
declination -38 ° 12 ′ 53 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Lewis Swift

Date of discovery

September 11, 1897

Catalog names
IC  5018 •
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IC 5018 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/ic50.htm#ic5018