Harold Corwin

IC 214 is a triple interacting system. Though I've had the IC object itself listed as just the brightest component for some time, I see no indication that Javelle saw it as anything other than a single object. So, I've changed the designations of the components just a bit for this latest release (September 2013). Note, though, that the position for "IC 214" still applies to the southwestern component -- that has not changed. The small western component, which I had previously suggested to be a foreground star, is clearly shown by its spectrum to be a galaxy at the redshift of the system.

The galaxy is Markarian 1027 as well as KUG 0211+049, and is large enough to have made it into UGC.

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

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