NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 225 24" (1/4/14): bright, large, scattered group of ~50 stars in 10' group. Includes 15-18 brighter stars that stand out (mag 9.5-11). A ragged N-S string of stars defines the eastern border of the cluster. There are no rich subgroups and a lack of faint stars. A detached group of stars is off the north side, but these stars do not appear to be part of the cluster. vdB 4, a very faint reflection nebula, is involved with these stars though it was not noticed. 17.5" (11/2/91): about two dozen stars at 100x in a 12' diameter. Bright but scattered. Outline forms an isosceles triangle with the vertex at west edge and the long base on the east side. Most stars are mag 10-11 and evenly spaced. The cluster appears completely resolved. Only one fairly close double star in group. Just ENE of the main group is a line of five mag 9 stars oriented N-S. 8": two dozen stars in a cluster, fairly bright but scattered, no dense spots.