NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 1475. The galaxy about four arcmin west of the NGC position is most likely the object that Leavenworth found. He mentions a 14th magnitude star four arcmin northwest of the nebula; there is no such star there. However, four arcmin southwest of is just such a star. Given the otherwise good description of the object, the incorrect direction is probably a simple transcription mistake. I missed the object when scanning for ESGC, so it is not included in the early editions of that catalogue.

===== NGC 1475 18" (10/16/09): not seen initially at 275x but referring to the exact position an extremely faint glow was quickly seen with averted. Appears very small, round, 12" diameter. Visible ~2/3 of the time with averted once it was acquired. 18" (1/1/08): extremely faint and small, round, 10"-15" diameter. Requires averted vision to glimpse. Located 9' SE of mag 8 HD 24485 and 4.5' S of a mag 11.5 star. A couple of other similar stars are within 5' to the SW and NE. The RNGC lists this number as nonexistent.