Talk:IC 348

Latest comment: 2 years ago by DannyCaes in topic Also called Gingrich?

Also called Gingrich? edit

Several astronomical sources of rather obscure origin have the name Gingrich for this cluster. Who (or what) is (or was) Gingrich? DannyCaes (talk) 13:08, 31 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Simbad gives the name "Gingrich 1", but doesn't say why. Gingrich was the first to describe the star-forming region and numbered 19 stars. Gingrich 1 would normally refer to one of those stars. The Simbad usage may be incorrect applied to IC348 as a whole, and then got copied (or mis-copied) by others. I don't think there are any Gingrich 2, Gingrich 3, etc. clusters.