Harold Corwin

IC 1184 is a double -- or perhaps triple -- star. Bigourdan's estimated position, though rough, unambiguously points at the stars. The brightest star is the southeastern one, with the western and northern stars being about the same, very faint, magnitude. They may not have been involved in Bigourdan's image at all. But both are easily visible on the sky surveys.

The northern is about twice as far from the brightest star as the western, so even if the western star is part of the asterism, the northern might not be. It was not until I looked at the 2MASS image of this in spring of 2005 that it occurred to me that the northern star might be involved, so for years I had this listed as just a double star. All three are now in the table.

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

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