Harold Corwin

IC 4330. There is nothing in Frost's place, but exactly two minutes preceding is a galaxy (ESO 445-G027) meeting his description: "Ellip., 1.0' by 0.5', magn. 13.5." Frost's printed RA is probably a typo or transcription error.

Malcolm has suggested that Frost's object might be ESO 445-G051. This is less likely, I think, because there would have to be two position errors: 0.1 minute in RA (a possible digit error), and about 7 arcmin in Dec. Frost's description also does not match the likely appearance of the galaxy on his plate. The faint outer ring would probably not be visible on the plate, and the bright bulge of the galaxy is nearly round, so most likely appeared stellar.

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

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