NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 2029 and NGC 2030 have their positions interchanged in GC and NGC. They are correctly given in CGH, so the error occured when JH was assembling the GC. ESO confused the two numbers as a result, as did KMHK in their big LMC cluster catalogue.

===== NGC 2029 14" (4/4/16 - Coonabarabran, 142x): fairly bright, large, over a dozen mag 13 and fainter stars are resolved in a 3.5' region. A fairly faint, oval emission glow (LMC-N63) is involved with the cluster (S-L 595). Adding an NPB filter, the nebulosity is bright, large, irregular (roughly round), ~2.5' diameter, with several of the brighter stars still visible. N63A, embedded near the center of N63, is a well-known bright, compact SNR and one of the first 3 extragalactic SNRs to be discovered (1966). Note: this object is identified as NGC 2030 in most sources! Emission nebula LHa 120-N 62A is 14' SSW. Using an NPB filter, it appeared very bright, very elongated ~E-W, relatively large, ~1.5'x0.4'. The shape is a bit irregular, but it has a sharply defined northern edge, with the southern edge weaker and more ill-defined. Visible unfiltered but excellent response to the NPB. A couple of very faint stars are visible with averted. BSDL 2348, an LMC cluster perhaps associated with the nebula, is ~2' W and contains a half-dozen mag 14-15 stars in a 1.5' knot, along with a mag 12.5 star on the west end. Emission nebula LHa 120-N 64 is 16' further southeast. Emission nebula LHa 120-N 64 is 20' SSE. Using an NPB filter, it is a bright, large, irregular nebulous patch, about 3'x2' E-W. The brightest portion (N64A) is on the west side. A mag 11 star is ~2' N of the east end. Another 2' NNW of this star is a detached 40" piece (N64C) that was fairly easy with the filter. Unfiltered three mag 13 line in a 1.8' string are involved in the central portion, along with a couple of mag 14-15 stars. Mag 8.8 HD 37853 is 6' NW. 13.1" (2/20/04 - Costa Rica): fairly bright, fairly large, 3'x1.5', elongated N-S. This LMC object appears to be a large cluster with nebulosity (stellar association LH 83). A half-dozen mag 12-13 stars are resolved over an irregular background haze (unresolved stars?). Located 32' N of mag 6.2 HD 37935. NGC 2003 lies 38' SW. The compact SNR N63A is embedded (not noted).