Harold Corwin

IC 4959 may just possibly be IC 4961, but is more likely a defect. Stewart found the object on a one-hour Bruce plate (number 3649), and simply called it a "Hazy star." There is nothing at his position. IC 4961 (coincidentally found on a later Bruce plate, but a 4-hour exposure, by Frost; his position and description is accurate) is about 4.5 arcmin away from Stewart's position for IC 4959. This makes it unlikely to be IC 4959, and the galaxy is a fairly low surface brightness, nearly edge-on spiral that doesn't much resemble a "hazy star" on a short-exposure plate. Nevertheless, it is worth a mention here and an entry in the position table -- with a question mark.

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

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