IC 879
DSS image of IC 879
Overlaid DSS image of IC 879, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around IC 879
IC 4222, MCG-04-31-052, ESO 508-47, PGC 46479, GSC 06708-01159

Type  Galaxy
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
Observing Notes

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
Other Data Sources for IC 879
Associated objects for IC 879
Nearby objects for IC 879
5 objects found within 60'
NGC 5048 NGC 5051 NGC 5061
NGC 5078 NGC 5101
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IC 879