IC 5251

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Asterism
IC 5251
Constellation Pegasus
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 22h 45m 10.7s
declination + 11 ° 09 ′ 30 ″
Further data
Number of stars

3

history
discovery

Guillaume Bigourdan

Date of discovery

December 5, 1898

Catalog names
IC  5251 •
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IC 5251 designates three apparently close together stars in the constellation Pegasus in the index catalog . The catalog entry goes back to an observation made by the astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on December 5, 1898.

Individual evidence

  1. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic52a.htm#ic5251
  2. http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=ic+5251&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj+_sort=RAzofitude_bor+_sort=J2000.0&obj+_sort=RA = 30000.0 & list_limit = 5 & img_stamp = YES