NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 6800. WH's published RA is 1 minute of time too small. It comes from two conflated observations on 10 Sept 1784 -- the published date -- and 17 July 1785 -- the published offsets. The comparison stars are different, too -- 10 Vulpeculae on the first night, 6 Vulpeculae on the second. The first night actually gives the correct position. 6 Vul has a large proper motion, so may be partly to blame for the problem. But see NGC 6882 = NGC 6885 for more on WH's observations on the night of 10 Sept 1784. However, none of this seen in the GC or NGC positions, adopted from JH's single observation on 18 August 1828. His position is good.

===== NGC 6800 17.5" (9/7/91): over 100 stars in a 25' field. Bright, very large, fairly rich in spots but not concentrated and very weak in the center. Bordered by a circular outline of mag 10-11 stars. A rich double group of about ten stars each is at the south side and includes a few bright stars and many faint stars. Off the west side is mag 7.7 SAO 87200 and mag 6.2 SAO 87190 is another 11' SW. Two rays of stars extend west of the main group. Located 35' NW of mag 4.4 Alpha Vulpeculae.