NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 3176 may possibly be the galaxy a degree south and 23 seconds preceding Ormond Stone's position. However, the object (ESO 567-G029) is about half the size that Stone estimated and nearly round. Stone's description in full is "Mag = 16.0, Diameter = 0.8 arcmin, iR, neb?" from a single observation. As usual in the first list of Leander McCormick nebulae, the position is given only to a full minute of time in RA and one arcmin in Dec. There is no sketch, and the galaxies near Stone's position that he might possibly have seen all have stars nearby that are bright enough that he would have mentioned them as neighbors. Consequently, the identification with the ESO galaxy is tentative at best.