NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 444 = IC 1658. Lord Rosse discovered NGC 444, observing it on four separate nights. He placed it roughly five arcmin west of NGC 452, but did not make any micrometric measurements of it. The NGC position is probably from Dreyer himself, and is about 30 seconds west of the actual position. The identity is secure, however -- the galaxy and surrounding star field are exactly described by LdR and his observers. Javelle's position for IC 1658 is within a few arcsec of the GSC position, so the identity of this object is also secure. Javelle's comparison star, BD +30 192, is, not coincidentally (it is the brightest star in the area), mentioned by Lord Rosse who notes that NGC 444 is about twice as far from NGC 452 as the star.

===== NGC 444 17.5" (12/23/89): extremely faint, fairly small, very elongated 4:1 NNW-SSE. A mag 11 star is 3' ESE. Forms a pair with NGC 452 6' SE. Appears fainter than the CGCG magnitude.