Type | Galaxy |
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Magnitude | 13.2 |
Size | 0.813' x 0.374' @ 140° |
Right Ascension | 13h 19' 40.6" (2000) |
Declination | 27° 25' 44" S |
Constellation | Hydra |
Description | eF, pL, iR, dif |
Classification | Sa |
Harold Corwin
IC 4222 = IC 879. Even though Swift has the position a degree south, he says in his description for IC 4222 "[NGC] 5078 nr nf." This makes it certain that his object is identical to IC 879, found a few years earlier by Ormond Stone (this is one of the few "novae" found at Leander McCormick after the astronomers there began their long series of micrometric measurements).
This, by the way, is one of Lewis Swift's last new nebulae, found in March of 1898, and published only in his big 11th "catalogue of new nebulas" in AN. It missed his 8th list of nebulae found at Lowe Observatory by a few days, so we do not have a published verification of the 1 degree declination error. But the sky and Swift's description provide all the verification we need.
Another by the way: I had earlier thought that this might be a double star near Swift's published position -- I was wrong. Andris, Wolfgang, and Malcolm all got it right before I got back around to fixing it.― IC Notes by Harold Corwin
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