Harold Corwin

IC 448 was found by Wolf on plate he took on 12 December 1890. The nebula appears completely different on the red and blue Sky Survey plates. Given that the early plates Wolf were using were blue sensitive, I've adopted the position I estimated on the blue DSS1 (where the nebula is also most apparent). Its appearance there also matches Wolf's description better. Here is a pretty free translation from German by me with the help of Apple's Internet translating service:

In that area, a new nebula was photographed, at the position [alpha] = 6h 25m, [delta] = +7d 30'. It extends directly northwest from the star 13 Monocerotis.

― IC Notes by Harold Corwin

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