IC 5159

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Star
IC 5159
AladinLite
Observation
dates equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Constellation Aquarius
Right ascension 22 h 02 m 40 s
declination + 00 ° 19 ′ 10 ″
Typing
Astrometry
Physical Properties
Other names
and catalog entries
Other names IC 5159

IC 5159 is a star in the constellation Aquarius . The object was discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan on October 2, 1891 , and was probably mistaken for a galaxy.

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic51a.htm#ic5159