Harold Corwin

IC 869 probably refers to both galaxies near Javelle's position. When that is corrected for a systematic offset seen in the other positions for the group galaxies (IC 864, 866-868, and 870), it falls very nearly midway between the two objects.

Since they are about 30 arcsec apart, and both have small, bright nuclei, though, I would have expected Javelle to "resolve" them. Javelle's description "Faint, small, round, with little condensation" doesn't help us much at all.

Still, it's clear that he saw something here, so I've used the IC number on both objects with positional suffixes.

Since these are among the fainter galaxies in the group, Swift did not pick them up. See my comments on the other objects for more about Swift's observations.

See IC 864 for more information on the group

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

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