Harold Corwin

Steve Gottlieb has pointed out that these have been misidentified in the modern catalogues. Though the largest galaxy in the group (VV 303, Arp 95) is also the brightest, its surface brightness is just enough lower that Javelle perhaps did not see it when he measured the other two objects. Also, IC 4461 has a star just 9 arcsec south; it seems likely to me that this is a part of Javelle's object as his position is between that star and the galaxy.

In any case, Javelle's positions are good enough -- referred to the AC 2000.2 position for his comparison star -- that there is no doubt as to which objects he saw.

[Note that SIMBAD ID's IC 4461 as MCG+05-34-077 not the correct MCG+05-34-076]

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

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