NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 2052 may be the large diffuse nebula 2 minutes of time preceding JH's position. But it may not be. Another possibility is the annular nebula about 2 arcmin northeast of JH's position (Jenni Kay has taken this object as NGC 2052). The problem with this is that JH calls his nebula "vvL", while the annulus is less than an arcminute across -- Jenni estimates 50 arcseconds. So, we need to find JH's chart from which he estimated the positions of seven of his LMC nebulae, including this one. JH describes this as "vvF, vvL, vglbM. See do. do." I take that to mean 'Notes on Catal of Nubecula Major' as in the CGH descriptions for NGC 2048 and NGC 2050. All that is discussed in the Note for NGC 2050 here. Steve Gottlieb has pointed out that JH has changed the GC description to read "eF, vvS, vglbM". I'm inclined to believe that the "vvS" change is incorrect. Some of the other nebulae and clusters referred to in JH's description are also called "vL" or "large", so I do not think that "vvS" is appropriate in the context. Also, JH has no errata listed for this in the GC, so I am inclined to accept his original description. Finally, I had written, "Still, there may be a clue to the identity in JH's Figure 9 of Plate IV in CGH." In fact, there is not. This figure includes only NGC 2046, 2047, 2057-59, 2065, and 2066; so it tells us nothing about NGC 2052.

===== NGC 2052 14" (4/4/16 - Coonabarabran, 142x): without a filter this emission nebula (N155) is a very faint, small patch perhaps 35" diameter, only a couple of faint stars are involved. Situated midway between a mag 12 star 2' W and a mag 12.5 star 2' ENE.