Harold Corwin

IC 824 = NGC 4678. Here the fault lies with the NGC position from the second Leander McCormick list -- the RA is 3 minutes of time off. Otherwise the description pretty well matches, including the "* f 2s."

Javelle's position (re-reduced with respect to the Tycho-2 position for his comparison star) is very good, and he apparently had a better view of the galaxy than did Frank Leavenworth. Javelle noted that the galaxy was extended east-west, and that it has at least two bright "nuclei," clearly a reference to the galaxy and its somewhat fainter companion just to the west. Leavenworth even questions its nebular character.

Given the chronically poor positions from Leander McCormick, I don't doubt that the two catalogue numbers refer to the same galaxy.

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

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