Andrew Cooper
May 24, 2006    Gila, NM (map)
46cm f/4.5 Deep Violet

Nice edge-on galaxy, fairly bright, distinct core, elongated 5:1 northwest-southeast, no other structure noted, no dust lane, mag. 10 star 15' east, NGC5673 visible 9' west, the NGC object is much dimmer, how was this galaxy missed in the NGC, ending up in the IC catalog?

Answer to be found on the NGC/IC project page, William Hershel found and recorded NGC5673, John Hershel found and recorded IC1029 believing it to be NGC5673, it was confused in later cataloging to end up as we have it now, with the fainter object in the NGC and the brighter IC1029. This says something about the narrower fields of view in those early telescopes, where my f/4.5 with a modern eyepiece easily shows both in the field.

Harold Corwin

IC 1029. This galaxy is correctly positioned, named, and described in the first IC -- but see the discussion of it under NGC 5673.

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

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