IC 5366

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Unknown
IC 5366
Constellation Cassiopeia
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 23h 57m 42s
declination + 52 ° 47 ′ 30 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Edward Barnard

Catalog names
IC  5366 •
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IC 5366 is a non-existent object that the astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard incorrectly described as an IC object in 1897. He suspected the position to be an emission nebula, but this could not be confirmed.

Individual evidence

  1. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic53a.htm#ic5366