IC 877

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Unknown
IC 877
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinox : J2000.0
Right ascension 13h 19m 00s
declination + 06 ° 05 ′ 00 ″
Further data
history
discovery

Lewis Swift

Date of discovery

April 28, 1891

Catalog names
IC  877 •
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IC 877 is a non-existent object that the astronomer Lewis A. Swift erroneously described as an IC object on April 28, 1891.

Individual evidence

  1. https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ic8a.htm#ic877
  2. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE