NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 7295 = NGC 7296. The equality rests on the supposition of a 30 arcminute error in JH's position for NGC 7295. JH himself suggests the identity in his 1833 list, noting h2163 as "VII. 41?". His description ("A Milky Way straggler; a poorish cluster of stars 12 ... 13m."), though scanty, matches N7296, so I'm adopting the identity. ----- AH has suggested a "Small group right at J. Herschel's position, although he may have intended to include more scattered stars in area." This is a reasonable interpretation, so I've included the AH position in the table, though with a question mark.

===== NGC 7295 17.5" (10/21/95): this asterism consists of ~10 stars including a mag 10 star at the east end and eight mag 12-13 star in an E-W string about 3' length. Located 6' SW of mag 7.6 SAO 34488. In addition, there are also several mag 15 stars surrounding the mag 10 star that are easier to view with averted vision. Appears to be an unimpressive random grouping at both 100x and 220x. Open cluster NGC 7296 is in the same low power field 30' S.