Harold Corwin

Malcolm has pointed out that the identification of this and NGC 4908 (which see for the details) may be switched in most catalogues and lists. I somewhat reluctantly agree with him and have made the switch. This is going to cause a bit of chaos, I'm afraid, but there it is.

Note that this is likely to be one of William Herschel's galaxies, too -- H III 363. Dreyer changed the identification from NGC 4894 in a note in the Scientific Papers. He points out (indirectly) that John Herschel changed the identification for the GC. In his 1833 list, John Herschel has h1510 as a "nova", while in GC, he equates it with III 363. Dreyer almost certainly has even h1510 on the wrong NGC number; see NGC 4864 for that story.

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

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