NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 2034 is a part of NGC 2027. JH has it as "A more condensed part of the great cluster [NGC 2027], of a crescent-like form, occupying one field. Rich and fine." Fortunately, his position is good, so his crescent of stars can be identified pretty easily. The star cloud actually extends a bit to the northwest of the crescent, too, so even though the position I've estimated falls in that crescent of stars, the size I estimate, 15' x 8', is about 2.5 times as wide as the crescent itself.

===== NGC 2034 13.1" (2/20/04 - Costa Rica): at 105x this is an interesting, elongated cluster or association (LH 84), situated northwest of the compact cluster NGC 2041 and at the east end of a very large cloud (collectively known as the "Quadrant" = LH 77), looping 30' W to NGC 2002. This condensed portion of LH 84 contains a couple of dozen mag 12-13 star and a wide pair of mag 10 stars on the NW side. The resolved stars are embedded in an unresolved glow of fainter stars, ~4'x2', extended E-W in a crescent shape, concave towards the north (arching north on the south side). Herschel's position is near the east end of the association.