NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 2700, 2702, 2703, 2705, and 2707 are almost certainly all stars, with 2703 being a double. Found by Tempel (and word of them apparently sent directly to Dreyer -- I can find no mention of them in Tempel's ten papers), there are no nebulae near NGC 2699 that he might have seen. The positions given in NGC fall only near stars. The 2 deg error in the NPD of NGC 2700 is apparently a typo. The descriptions are reasonably apt for the stars, however. NGC 2700 is within an arcminute northeast of N2699, NGC 2703 is indeed "little extended" as one might expect of a double faintly seen, N2705 has three stars following it with which it forms a trapezoid, and N2702 is about 4 arcmin northeast of NGC 2699. Only NGC 2707 has no additional description (it is only "eF, S"), but its position is close to a star that might have a faint, close companion that would enhance its appearance of nebulosity. So, while the positions are not exactly on the stars, and the identities are clearly not sure, what little evidence we have suggests that they are appropriate, if not completely correct.

===== NGC 2700 17.5" (2/13/88): this is a mag 14.5-15.0 star situated just 0.9' NE of the center of NGC 2699 (see observation).