Talk:IC 348

Also called Gingrich?
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)
 * 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.