NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 7039 is a very large cluster about 20 arcmin long and 7 arcmin wide according to JH's notes; the Sky Survey images confirm this. Curiously, JH says it is "Extended from nf to sp." While this is correct, it struck me as a peculiar way to note the elongation, so I had this called a "simple error" in a previous edition of these notes. That, too, now strikes me as peculiar as there is really no error involved, just an unusual way of expressing the elongation. The position that JH gives is for HD 201935 = SAO 50547 on the northeastern edge of the cluster. On POSS1, DSS, and GSC, there are two overlapping concentrations of stars within the cluster. The position in the main table is for a point midway between the centers of these concentrations. See also NGC 7011 for another small mystery cluster found in the same sweep.

===== NGC 7039 17.5" (9/7/91): about 125 stars in a 15'-20' diameter. This is a very large, rich triangular group. Two bright mag 7.5 stars are at the SSW and NNE ends. Also two mag 9 stars are involved. Very rich in mag 12-13 stars. This is a pretty uniform cluster with a sprinkling of brighter stars. Excellent low power Milky Way field using a 20mm Nagler.