Harold Corwin

IC 5327 = IC 1495. There is no question about the identity of IC 1495; Javelle's position, even reduced with respect to the BD position for his comparison star, falls near the galaxy. However, Barnard's position is about 30 seconds of time too small, and almost six arcmin too far south. This is clearly one of Barnard's estimated positions.

Unfortunately, this is one of the objects that he apparently sent directly to Dreyer -- I don't find any mention of it in the copies of Barnard's articles that I have. Still, his description, including the 11th magnitude star one arcmin following (actually north-following), fits the galaxy. There are no other galaxies nearby that match the entry better that Barnard could have seen, so this is the most likely candidate.

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

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