NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 7050 is another of RNGC's "nonexistent" clusters. However, close to JH's position, there is a group of about 15 12th to 15th magnitude stars scattered over an area about 5 arcmin by 2 arcmin. Even though JH left no description for his cluster, the group stands out from the field well enough that it is almost certainly the sparce swarm of stars that he saw. There are about half a dozen stars in a line roughly 3 arcminutes to the south that could have enhanced the impression of the cluster. Finally, Wolfgang has taken just the eastern, more populous part of the cluster as JH's object. This is clearly a possibility, so I've given it a separate entry in the position table.

===== NGC 7050 17.5" (8/25/95): this interesting asterism consists of three distinct groups of stars each about 4' apart from the other two groups. The south group has five stars including the brightest mag 10 star. The west group has four stars in a small clump with a detached wide pair a couple of arc minutes south. Finally, the richest group is on the east side with 15 stars mag 12.5-15 in a 2' circle. Listed as nonexistent in RNGC.