Harold Corwin

Javelle misidentified his comparison star. Not only that, but he gave the misidentified star the wrong BD number! Instead of BD+14 4982 -- for which he gives the position -- he has BD+14 4992. This occurs in both of his tables, so is not a printer's typo.

The actual comparison star was BD+14 4986. When that is used, Javelle's offsets point exactly to a faint galaxy that matches his description perfectly.

However, the IC position, based on BD+14 4982, is just a few arcmin north of NGC 7653 (which Javelle mentions in a footnote as being distinct from his new nebula). This has led some of the modern catalogues to suggest that IC 1488 is a re-observation of NGC 7653. They are all incorrect.

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

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