IC 640

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Unknown
IC 640
Constellation Little lion
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 10h 46m 49.7s
declination + 34 ° 44 ′ 51 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Guillaume Bigourdan

Date of discovery

March 27, 1887

Catalog names
IC  640 •
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IC 640 is a non-existent object, which the astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan wrongly described as an IC object on March 27, 1887.

Individual evidence

  1. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic6.htm#ic640
  2. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE