Harold Corwin

Steve Gottlieb points out that this galaxy was actually seen by both Ralph Copeland and Dreyer himself with Lord Rosse's 72-inch telescope. Copeland dug out NGC 2667 on 26 December 1873 and noted, "cF, pS, lE pf; was thought to have an eF companion about 2' nf." Dreyer followed this up on 21 Feb 1876, saying, "eF; I think it is only a * 16 m +- nf."

The object is of course a galaxy which Max Wolf later picked up on one of the first plates taken at Heidelberg that he examined for new nebulae. Had Dreyer been observing on a somewhat better night, or (perhaps) with a freshly-polished mirror, the fainter galaxy might also have received an NGC number.

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

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