NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 2520 = NGC 2527. JH has two observations of the cluster, one from Slough, the other from the Cape, both clearly of the same object. The RA of the earlier observation from Slough is marked "+-" and noted "... by working list." So, even though the RA for the Cape observation is out by 2.5 minutes of time, JH believed his own later RA rather than the one from his aunt's reduction of his father's observation. Given the possibility that there actually were two clusters rather than just one, JH included both positions in the GC. Dreyer of course, just carried both on over to the NGC. We can identify the cluster in the Cape Observations with no ambiguity, though, from JH's description of it: "Cluster 7th class, distinguished among milky way clusters; p rich; bright. The star taken is the chief of a condensed hook in the following part." The hook stands out clearly, and JH's RA turns out to be exactly 2.5 minutes of time smaller than the star's. However, even WH's RA is about 40 seconds of time too large, and his declination is about 14 arcmin too far north. Since there is a mild concentration of stars at his position, the possibility remains that there really are two clusters involved, though one is not one of those that JH had in mind. The Herschels did not do too well with this cluster, so we are left with a bit of a puzzle as well. In the end, I've taken the one cluster that we can identify with some confidence.

===== NGC 2520 See observing notes for NGC 2527. Incorrect position in the RNGC.