NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 2364 is a curious object, probably a simple asterism of unrelated stars. It is composed of two n-s lines of half a dozen stars each, with a void between the lines. The two star streams are slightly tilted with respect to each other, and there is another star at the apparent apex to the north. There is a straggling line of similarly bright stars running east just to the south of the eastern stream. There is no question about the identification as JH's position and description are perfect for the object. Most of the stars may be bright enough that we can check their proper motions, too, in Tycho-2 or in UCACS. That is left as an exercise for the curious. Curiously, RNGC has this as "Not found" even though it is very clear on the DSS and, presumeably, the Palomar Sky Survey prints. I noted the NGC position and description correct when I scanned through for ESGC in the mid-80s, and Brian Skiff says "*ism, but real object".

===== NGC 2364 18" (3/13/04): pretty neat group of 50-60 stars at 115x arranged in two rows of stars converging towards the north. The eastern group of stars hooks on the SE end, bending back towards the north. Both groups have strings of faint stars extending to the north beyond a mag 9.5 star located ~5' N of the main groups. Listed as a nonexistent cluster in the RNGC, although the group is fairly distinctive.