NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 4184 is a group of faint stars just where JH says it is. The object was rediscovered over a century later by Ruprecht (it is his number 102), but the NGC number was not attached. Thus, the "non-existent" status in RNGC. It has two concentrations of stars. While JH's position more closely coincides with the eastern, it seems likely that the somewhat richer western one is also a part of the cluster. But there is considerable patchy Galactic obscuration in the area, so only a full investigation of the field will serve to clearly delineate the real cluster here. I've estimated positions for both concentrations. There is a richer cluster of much fainter stars nearby at 12 13 03.6, -62 42 24 (J2000; HCsv, DSS2IR). This is Alessi J12130-6242, discussed by Archinal and Hynes in their 2003 book, "Star Clusters". This is much too faint to have been seen by JH, so is only coincidentally near NGC 4184.

===== NGC 4184 14" (4/4/16 - Coonabarabran, 184x and 318x): about two dozen faint stars resolved in a 4' circle. Flanked by a mag 10 star ~4' SW and a mag 10 star ~4' NE. The richest part is a 30" clump on the east side with a half-dozen stars resolved at 318x. Located 16' NNE of mag 6.0 HD 106068.