PGC 36967 is the brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) in Abell 1390, with a light-travel time of 1.1 billion years (second most distant in the NGC)! The densest part of the galaxy cluster is 10' NW.

Lewis Swift discovered NGC 3908 = Sw. I-17 on 10 Apr 1885 and noted "F; vS; R; mbM." There is nothing at his position, but 7' north is PGC 36967. This galaxy is not catalogued in the MCG or CGCG and may be too faint for Swift to have noticed visually. He called the galaxy "F[aint]", although he described difficult galaxies as "eF" or "eeF". Even though there are no other nearby candidates, this identification is very uncertain.

The light-travel time for PGC 36967 is 1.1 billion years, and if seen by Swift is the second most distant galaxy in the NGC (after NGC 5609).

600/800mm - 24" (3/9/13): very faint to faint, small, round, 18" diameter, low even surface brightness. Located 3.3' SE of a mag 10.6 star and 12' E of mag 8.6 HD 102633.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb