NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 299 18" (7/11/05) - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 228x appeared fairly bright, fairly small, round, 50" diameter with a broad weak concentration. Forms a pair with NGC 306 5' SE. 18" (7/9/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 128x, this SMC cluster appeared as a small, round, bright knot, ~45" diameter. Forms the southeast vertex of an obtuse triangle with two mag 11 stars ~3.5' NNE and 4' W. Forms a trio with NGC 306 4.7' SE and Kron 30 3.8' W. Kron 30 appeared as just a hazy patch, ~1.5' diameter with a few mag 13/14 stars superimposed or resolved. 18" (7/6/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): this is the first of two small knots of stars (the other being NGC 306) located 26' W of NGC 346. At 171x, it appeared as a small glowing spot, ~40" in diameter, though standing out fairly well in the field. The cluster is embedded within a scattered group of brighter stars in the field. Forms a pair with NGC 306 4.7' SE. The second edition Uranometria 2000.0 and DSFG incorrectly list both objects twice - as open clusters and bright nebulae.