Harold Corwin

IC 5362 = IC 5363, which see. IC 5362 itself is the last of five nebulae which Swift found on 24 July 1896. The others are IC 5350, IC 5353, IC 5354, and IC 5358, the brightest galaxies in the cluster Klemola 44 = Abell 4038. Swift's positions (absolute as well as relative) and descriptions for these five objects were just good enough that Herbert Howe could recover the galaxies without too much trouble. Dreyer adopted Howe's micrometrically measured positions for all five, so there has been little doubt about the identities since.

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

Harold Corwin

IC 5363 = IC 5362. Swift's published description is "vF, eS, R, 3 sts in line p, one D" for IC 5363, and "eeF, pS, nrly bet an 8m * nf and a 9m * sp, nearer the former; 5th of 5" (see IC 5362 for more on these). His position for I5362 is well off, but that was corrected by Herbert Howe who found the galaxy 1m 34s following Swift's place. Swift's description, including the nearby stars, is correct.

His position for IC 5363 is 34 seconds west and 16 arcmin south of IC 5362. There is nothing there, however. But if his "3 sts in line" are made "following" rather than "preceding", this would be his object -- the middle of the three stars is double.

Given that Swift's positions are notoriously bad during this last year of his observing (IC 5363 was found on 24 July 1897), the identity is not unreasonable.

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

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