NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 6465 is an asterism of 4-7 stars. Though well south of the equator, it was actually found by JH from Slough. He describes it only as "Suspected; small; twilight," but his position is very good. The identification was made by Howe who found the four brighter stars here on the second night he searched for the object. He describes the object as "... simply two doubles of mag. 12. In each pair, the distance is 4 arcsec, and the two pairs are 15 arcsec apart." In the DSS image, one of Howe's four stars is double, and there is a sixth star 29 arcsec north that might have added to the appearance of nebulosity in JH's sweep. Finally, checking this again in January 2016, I noticed a seventh star just to the southeast that could play in this story. I've included it in the position list, and have calculated a position for NGC 6465 that includes it as well as Howe's canonical double-double. In addition, the field is rich and there are many faint stars in the background of the asterism that may have also led to the impression of nebulosity here.