Andrew Cooper
May 24, 2006    Gila, NM (map)
46cm f/4.5 Deep Violet

Odd that an NGC galaxy is much dimmer than the IC object just 9' away in the same field, dim, subtle core visible with averted vision, elongated 4:1 northwest-southeast, IC1029 visible 9' east.

Answer to be found on the NGC/IC project page, William Hershel found and recorded NGC5673, John Hershel found and recorded IC1029 believing it to be NGC5673, it was confused in later cataloging to end up as we have it now, with the fainter object in the NGC and the brighter IC1029. This says something about the narrower fields of view in those early telescopes, where my f/4.5 with a modern eyepiece easily shows both in the field.

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