Harold Corwin

NGC 3279 = IC 622 is another of David Todd's nebular discoveries (No. 30) dug out while searching for a "trans-Neptunian" planet. Todd has left us sketches of all of his objects (see NGC 3604 for more), so the poor positions that he also left can at least be used to get us into the right area of the sky.

In this case, Lewis Swift picked up the galaxy a dozen years after Todd (on 4.5 March 1878, Swift on 29 Jan 1890). Swift's position, for once, is not too far off, though he notes a "9m * s" -- that star is actually north, and is the one Todd labels "b" on his sketch.

― NGC Notes by Harold Corwin

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