NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 2374 may be two clusters seen along the line of sight. A small, relatively compact cluster of fainter stars is at the southwestern edge of a larger scattered group that drew the attention of the Herschel's. WH called it 20 arcmin long, but I can only reliably come up with about 13 arcmin. Other field stars push it to well beyond 20 arcmin, so this may just the "core" of WH's cluster. JH called it "... a great sc cl or rather region, more crowded with stars than the rest of the milky way [sic] ..." We will need proper motion studies to learn if either or both of these clumps is a true cluster.

===== NGC 2374 17.5" (3/12/94): ~50-60 stars in 7'x4' region elongated SW-NE. Located in a rich star field so the cluster does not have a distinct border. A detached group with four brighter mag 10-11 stars is off the NE end. The richest portion is 3'-4' diameter at the SW end and consists of three dozen stars over some unresolved haze. At the SW edge is a nice curving U-shaped group of 9 stars mag 13 that is open to the SW.