NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 6082 may be IC 4597. If so, JH's position is 2 minutes of time too small, and 8 arcmin too far north. In SGC, I made the object identical with five faint stars. Now, 20 years later, I do not see any obvious asterism of five stars near JH's place unless it is the asterism at 16 15 27.6, -34 13 57 (2000). Wolfgang chose a double star 4 seconds of time on east. JH's description is copied accurately into NGC (in CGH, he says "25 arcsec" rather than "S") and the declination is appropriate for the sweep. He records the clock time with the object leaving the field -- if the object was in fact measured with wire 2, then the RA would be 36.4 seconds less, and if wire 2, then 1 minute 8.6 seconds less. There is nothing matching JH's description at either of these positions. Finally, re-reducing his position with one of the known stars in the field, k Sco, the position is close to the one that JH himself reduced. So, no apparent errors exist in his observation. All in all, this one is a bit of a mystery. I've listed the IC identity, along with the five stars and Wolfgang's double, in the position file for lack of anything better.