NGC 1448

NGC 1457 = NGC 1448.  JH has only one observation of NGC 1448; its RA is 
exactly 50 seconds in error.  He has three accordant observations of NGC 1457 
at the correct position, yet modern observers -- following Shapley-Ames --
have used the number 1448 for the galaxy.  Strange people, astronomers.

The identity was first suggested by DeLisle Stewart in the big list of new
nebulae which he found on Harvard plates in the 1890's and early 1900's.  
There, he noted that N1448 was "Not seen, error for 1457 which is 
identified."  In spite of this correction coming from a paper which they must
have known, Shapley and Ames chose to use the number 1448 rather than 1457.
Cataloguers are strange people ... - Dr. Harold G. Corwin, Jr.

As with all corrections to the NGC and IC Catalogues, there is a certain margin
for error, even though the evidence supporting the correction may be strong and
compelling. It is with this in mind that we ask the user to use this information
as 'Most Probable', but never to assume the correction is 'Absolute'.  All
published corrections are based on an exhaustive 'paper chase' of the historical
record back to the original discoverer's published notes/papers, and are
therefore based upon the historical accuracy (or inaccuracy) of those particular
notes/papers. In short, Caveat Emptor! - Robert E. Erdmann, Jr.