kslatten on 11-Feb-2011 22:10:26 GMT about G 172-15
This star's position appears to be incorrect on the Simbad main data page, and the identification also is applied to the wrong star on the Aladin image. The LSPM-North catalog identifies NLTT 2058 with 2MASS J00383388+5127579, which is 24.4" NNW of the listed Simbad position. The data in NLTT, Yale GCTP, pCNS3, USNO-B1.0, Reid et al 1995, PPMX, and UCAC3 all seem to support this identification.
Salim and Gould (2003, ApJ, 582, 1011) incorrectly identified this star with 2MASS-I J0038355+512738 (= 2MASS J00383550+5127388) in their revised NLTT catalog, and the position of this star appears to be the one used in Simbad. The JHKs photometry of this 2MASS source does not match that of a nearby M2.5 V star (Reid et al. 1995). Also, UCAC2 lists a very small proper motion for this star (11.1 mas/yr at direction angle 235 deg).
GJ 3045/NLTT 2058 can also be identified with UCAC3 283-011681 and PPMX J003833.8+512758. To avoid confusion, I suggest removing the 2MASS J00383550+5127388 identifier from the Simbad main data page.
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