Harold Corwin

NGC 3679 and NGC 3915 are H III 112 and III 113, both found the night of 24 April 1784, and both referred to the same star, 74 Leo (SAO 138102). There is nothing at either position reduced from William Herschel's offsets from this star. The other brighter objects found on that night (NGC 4697 and NGC 4941 = H I 39 and 40; and NGC 4593, NGC 4602, and NGC 4989 = H II 183,4,5) were all compared with 51 Virginis and are close enough to the derived positions to identify without problems.

See NGC 3679 for the remainder of Corwin's very lengthy writeup on these two objects

― NGC Notes by Harold Corwin

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