Harold Corwin

Javelle's description has left us with a bit of a mystery. He says "Faint. Appears as a double star surrounded by nebulosity; its nebulous character is certain." This suggests at least a superposed star or perhaps a double nebula. But the galaxy is a normal elliptical or early S0 with no trace of a double nucleus or superposed star.

What did Javelle see that led him to call this a double object? A supernova is an obvious suggestion, but without more information, that is all it can be. Another idea might make one of the nearby very faint stars (the Pan-STARRS image shows two immersed in the corona) a flare star.

But, as I said, with no more than Javelle's description, these are no more than guesses.

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

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