Harold Corwin

IC 1442 is a real cluster centered about 5 arcmin southwest of Espin's place. It stands out well on the POSS1 prints. Though Espin noted some nebulosity in the field, there is none. This is apparently another case where the rich Milky Way background gave the appearance of nebulosity in his eyepiece.

Espin also saw only about a dozen stars. He gives no indication of how large the group is, but the cluster that exists on the sky has apparent diameters of 5 arcmin by 4 arcmin. There are roughly 30 stars included.

See IC 1299 for more about Espin's new objects.

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

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