Stephane Javelle discovered IC 2979 = J. 3-1201, along with IC 2981, on 12 Jun 1896. There is nothing at the IC position, but Harold Corwin and Malcolm Thomson found that Javelle made a 1 degree error in the north polar distance of his offset star. Once corrected, his position fits UGC 6925 perfectly. Due to this error, modern catalogues fail to identify their equivalent entries as IC 2979. NED and HyperLeda now use the IC designation.

400/500mm - 17.5" (2/24/90): very faint, very small, slightly elongated N-S, even surface brightness. Located 3' SE of mag 8.0 SAO 62767. Picked up viewing the NGC 3955 group with NGC 3986 8' S and NGC 3966 15' WNW. Verified on the POSS.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb