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===== NGC 4894 = NGC 4898. JH almost certainly saw the considerably brighter N4898 rather than its fainter companion 0.7 arcmin to the northwest. Dreyer himself in a note in the Scientific Papers pulls WH's designation (III 363) off the number NGC 4894 and puts it on IC 4051; that, however, is probably wrong. WH's position (13 00 58, +28 00.2; J2000) is closer to the brighter NGC 4908, so that is almost certainly III 363. See NGC 4908, NGC 4864, and IC 4051 for more on the Coma Cluster field. d'A comments on a companion galaxy (or on one night perhaps "galaxies"; I haven't yet been able to accurately translate his Latin) in his descriptions of NGC 4898. But one of these is certainly NGC 4889 ("1 [arcmin] north, 10s preceding"), so it is unlikely that he actually saw CGCG 160-247, the fainter object usually taken for NGC 4894. Bigourdan's observations under the number "NGC 4894" actually point directly at NGC 4898, which is, of course, considerably brighter. Wolfgang, in an email from September 2014, seems to favor simply noting NGC 4894 as non-existent. That is certainly an option, but -- while the situation is not absolutely clear -- I'm nevertheless going to assign the number NGC 4894 to NGC 4898, based on JH's observation. This has the advantage of giving the number a referent which it would otherwise not have, and removes the temptation to assign it to CGCG 160-247.

===== NGC 4894 See observing notes for NGC 4898.