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===== NGC 1524 and NGC 1525 are the two components of NGC 1516, a double galaxy found by WH. The pair, however, was not seen as double by WH, nor JH from the Cape of Good Hope; it was finally resolved by Ormond Stone on 31 December 1886 (within a month of the centenary of its discovery on 30 Jan 1786). The Herschels' positions are good, but Stone's, as is common for the objects he and his colleagues found at Leander McCormick in the mid-1880s, is well off. In this case, his position is over 2 minutes of time too far east. The pair is identified by Stone's sketch, however. It has the relative sizes and orientation correct, so there is no doubting the identity with WH's nebula.

===== NGC 1524 See observing notes for NGC 1516.