Galaxy Zoo Talk

Multiple identities

  • Alpha_Aurigae by Alpha_Aurigae

    A year ago Turelli commented this is NGC 1719 (NED). On SIMBAD it says NGC 1717.

    To make things even worse, this page http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc17.htm says: NGC 1717 is NGC 1709. And it looks different from our galaxy here.

    NGC 1719 - discovered by William Herschell

    NGC 1717 - discovered by George Stoney and R.J. Mitchell

    I think SIMBAD is wrong, and the real id should be NGC 1719.

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