IC 5239

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Unknown
IC 5239
Constellation crane
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 22h 40m 45s
declination -38 ° 02 ′ 36 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Lewis Swift

Catalog names
IC  5239 •
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IC 5239 is a non-existent object which the astronomer Lewis A. Swift erroneously described as an IC object on July 7, 1897.

Individual evidence

  1. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic52.htm#ic5239