IC 5079

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Unknown
IC 5079
Constellation Indus
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 21h 05m 30.2s
declination -56 ° 14 ′ 53 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Robert Innes

Date of discovery

November 26, 1897

Catalog names
IC  5079 •
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IC 5079 is a non-existent object, which the astronomer Robert Innes erroneously described as an IC object on November 26, 1897.

Individual evidence

  1. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic50a.htm#ic5079