NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 7738 and NGC 7739. Father Secchi listed 14 new nebulae in his short discovery note (see NGC 7667 for more about these objects). Of these, I cannot locate eight. Three others -- including N7738 and N7739 -- have candidate galaxies, though the identifications are very uncertain. The only galaxies that even come close to satisfying Secchi's position for the pair and brief description ("Very faint: the seventh [N7739] is near to the south") are UGC 12757 and CGCG 381-038. The latter is nearly as far east of the former as it is south -- and it is very faint for a 9.5-inch telescope -- so I've put question marks by the identities.

===== NGC 7738 17.5" (11/2/91): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, brighter core. NGC 7739 lies 14' SE.