Harold Corwin

In spite of Carlson's contention that this is a triple star, there is nothing at all near Swift's nominal position. It may be that the triple that showed up on the Mt. Wilson plate is the one at 11 51 15.7, -22 56 39 (B1950.0), pretty close southwest of NGC 3955. This, however, is 30 seconds of time and 6 arcminutes off the nominal position; I suspect it was taken as IC 2970 just because Dreyer changed Swift's comment "not [N]3955" to "II 623 f."

Another curiosity. In the SGC workbook, I note IC 2970 as "not found." But in my copy of the IC, I have it as a double star. I suspect that I was looking at the star with a faint companion at 11 50 28.1, -22 51 03 (B1950.0).

I also suspect that "Not found" is a better conclusion for this object, too.

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

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