Harold Corwin

IC 2155 is probably the galaxy which Wolfgang chose, but it is over two arcmin from Stewart's nominal position. So, I've listed two other candidates. Both are fainter, however, with lower surface brightnesses, so they are less likely to be the correct object. The first alternate also has a considerably brighter star just 15 arcsec southwest of the nucleus; this might have enhanced the visibility of the galaxy on the plate, but it might also have blotted it out entirely.

Stewart's original description read "cF, vS, R, susp". Dreyer made the brightness "eF" for the IC; I suspect a transcription error since he took other "considerablies" from Stewart without changing them.

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

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