NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 1855 is the extended outer part of a stellar association in the LMC; NGC 1854 (which see) is its bright, compact core. JH notes, "This obs. must refer to the general cluster in which the former [NGC 1854] is situated as a nebulous-looking knot -- a combination of the most ordinary occurrence in the Nubecula Major, though very rare in other parts of the heavens."

===== NGC 1855 24" (4/7/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 350, the cluster was resolved into numerous faint stars around the edges of the intense core. Up to a couple of dozen very faint stars popped in and out of visibility. The core (NGC 1854) is noticeably elongated N-S and is surrounded by a large, much fainter halo (NGC 1855). 18" (7/10/05 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): see description for NGC 1854.