IC 5056

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Unknown
IC 5056
Constellation microscope
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 20h 48m 59.3s
declination -39 ° 11 ′ 15 ″
Further data
history
discovery

DeLisle Stewart

Date of discovery

1899

Catalog names
IC  5056 •
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IC 5056 is a non-existent object that the astronomer DeLisle Stewart erroneously described as an IC object in 1899. A defective photo plate is suspected .

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic50a.htm#ic5056