IC 5340

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Unknown
IC 5340
Constellation Aquarius
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 23h 38m 32s
declination -04 ° 51 ′ 18 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Guillaume Bigourdan

Date of discovery

1894

Catalog names
IC  5340 •
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IC 5340 is a non-existent object, which the astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan wrongly described as an IC object in 1894.

Individual evidence

  1. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic53.htm#ic5340