NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 6588 is probably one of the asterisms that I've listed in the position table. My guess is the line of three or four stars that I've marked with a colon. The southern most of these is the brightest, and is a merged double which might have looked nebulous on a night of less than perfect seeing. It is at JH's declination and is just 30 seconds preceding his RA. Otherwise, JH's description, "eF, S; among stars. A *6 m sp 10 arcmin distant," fits nicely. The star is SAO 254209. Checking the sweep, I see that JH has recorded wire 1 as the RA wire. Had he actually used wire 2, the RA would have been off by 1min 10sec. As the difference is only 30 seconds, I doubt a wire error. The same comment holds for the other two candidates mentioned next. However, there are two other asterisms that might be JH's object. I've listed them with question marks. I also checked for a large blunder in the position, but found none. In particular, the other objects in this sweep (No. 708 on 8 June 1836), are in the same declination range, and at much the same RA as well.