Harold Corwin

The MCG has this = NGC 2902, but as Bigourdan observed the NGC object in its correct position, B.155 = IC 543 is not likely to be the NGC object. There is a faint galaxy 4.0 arcmin southwest of NGC 2902 that might be IC 543, but Bigourdan's positions are usually better. There is also a star near the position Bigourdan lists, but -- as with IC 532 (which see) -- he gives no details of his observation, so we have only his position and description ("vF, pL, E, dif") as clues. Neither supports the notion that Bigourdan actually recorded the star (unless the seeing was extraordinarily bad that night).

One curious note: this object, IC 532, and IC 759 all come from the night of 23 March 1887. Perhaps the seeing was bad. Or did Bigourdan fall victim to some sort of bookkeeping error?

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

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