Harold Corwin

IC 2868 is a star, confirmed on the print of the original plate (see IC 2630). The Mt. Wilson observers equated this with IC 698 (see Carlson's 1940 list of NGC/IC corrections), though it is well-separated in position and description. Curiously, they did not make the same equality for IC 2869 (which see) and IC 699. Those two are separated by about the same amount as IC 698 and IC 2868, and are only 5.5 arcmin south. Perhaps they are not on the Mt. Wilson plate.

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

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