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NGC1908
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 5:25:53.7
Declination: -2:31:44
Constellation: ORI
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: v diffused neb susp
Sub-type: NF
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 1908. WH has only one observation of this on 1 Feb 1786 where he says,
"Diffused extremely faint nebulosity. The means of verifying this phenomenon
are difficult." JH and Dreyer took this to mean that the nebula was only
suspected, so that is how it is entered in the GC and NGC.
WH places the nebulosity 1 min, 26 sec east, and 7 arcmin south of Eta Ori.
There is nothing here on either of the POSS1 plates, nor on the SERC EJ plate.
However, 7 arcmin north of Eta Ori there is a very faint, very diffuse sheen
of nebulosity (I make the approximate position 05 23.0, -02 20 for 1950). But
could WH have seen this? I very much doubt it. So, I've tentatively labeled
this "Not found."