Harold Corwin

IC 2048 = IC 2041. Though Swift's position for IC 2048 is well off the galaxy, the identity is assured by his notes about the field in his Lowe Observatory List 1: "... B * f; 1532 p; 3 in field including D neb ..." (in the AN summary list, this last phrase becomes "... 3 in field with D neb ..."). The bright star is there; it is HD 26799.

There is also some question about the date that Swift found the galaxy: the AN paper, and the PASP version of the first list, claims 10 Dec 1895; the AJ version has 5 Oct 1896. I believe that the AJ paper is wrong as it has three consecutive objects with this same date.

There is no question about the identity of IC 2041, by the way. Swift's RA is surprisingly good. Though his declination is about 3-4 arcmin too far south, his about the "10m * close s" is accurate.

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

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