NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 7441 is probably IC 1458. Even though Ormond Stone's position is well east of the galaxy -- as many of the Leander McCormick positions are -- there is a 10th magnitude star preceding the galaxy as in his description, and the galaxy itself also matches the description well. Stone marked the declination with a question mark, so it's not surprising to find that it is 30 arcmin off. The galaxy usually taken as N7441, MCG -01-58-013, better fits only Stone's position, though not the description. In particular, there is no 10th magnitude star preceding the galaxy; the nearest star of any consequence is 12th magnitude and 1.7 arcmin northeast. Still, this could be Stone's star if he confused "preceding" and "following". So, because of the better positional coincidence, I think the galaxy is still a candidate for Stone's object.

===== NGC 7441 17.5" (9/15/90): very faint, very small, round, low even surface brightness. This galaxy may be NGC 7441 -- it's close to Stone's position but is a poor match in description. IC 1458 is another possible candidate for NGC 7441. 22 56 41.4 -07 22 45 V = 13.6; B = 14.4; Size = 1.3'x0.8'; Type = Scd 18" (10/25/03): very faint, small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, 1.0'x0.7', low even surface brightness. A 15' string of stars oriented SW-NE with mag 9.5 SAO 146395 at the SW end passes north of the galaxy. A mag 9.5 star is 10' due west.