Harold Corwin

IC 3817 may be a double galaxy, though it looks more like a single, somewhat peculiar, blue galaxy on POSS1. The SDSS is little more helpful, showing a bright red nucleus with a blue plume to the northeast. Or, the SDSS shows a compact lenticular superposed on a spiral. It has a spectrum only for the southwestern component, and not even a position for the blue object.

Whatever its nature, the identification is secure having been verified on the print of Wolf's original plate with his mark pointing directly at the galaxy.

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

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