A reflection nebula in Perseus (RA 04 30 14.2, Dec +35 16 47) Historical Identification: Per Dreyer, NGC 1579 (= GC 853 = JH 315 = WH I 217, 1860 RA 04 21 03, NPD 55 01.9) is "pretty bright, very large, irregularly round, much brighter middle, 8th magnitude star 2 arcmin ...
NGC 1579 - The Trifid of the North NGC 281 - The PacMan Nebula in HaOIIIRGB NGC 7023 - The Iris Nebula in Cepheus The Bubble, Cave, Lobster, and More in Ha The California Nebula and the Pleiades The Constellation of Orion - the Jewel of the Winter Sky The Flying Bat and ...
1'1" S of the "correct" position, but the only other nearby nebula isNGC 2463, which Bigourdan also observed and whose existence had already been established by the Herschels, so PGC 22259 is the only suitable candidate for NGC 2462, and the identification is considered reasonably certain....