Andrew Cooper
Jun 11, 2010    Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 262x
Seeing: 8 Transparency: 7.5 Moon: 0%

Round 2' halo of light in a rich starfield, stellar core and suggestions of structure in the halo

Harold Corwin

IC 4441 = IC 4444. This is another bad position from Swift -- there is nothing in his place. IC 4444, however, is 16 seconds following and 6.0 arcmin north, and it matches Swift's description (Courtney Seligman pointed out that I had IC 4444 incorrectly "south" of IC 4441's position in earlier versions of this file; my thanks to him for the correction). Stewart hinted at the identity, noting the offsets to Swift's object. Frost also found the galaxy on another Harvard plate, and the position in Stewart's list is good.

ESO (SGC followed along) made I4441 = to ESO 272- G011. This is incorrect as this ESO object is too faint for Swift to have seen as far south as it is. Even had he seen it, he surely would have commented on the several bright stars nearby.

It remained for Malcolm to sort this one out, which he did in his usual inimitable style.

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

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