NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 871 18" (11/22/03): at 300x appears fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 N-S. Irregular surface brightness and a slightly asymmetric shape with the impression of a very faint star or knot at the east edge. NGC 870, located just 1.5' S, was not seen (but detected on 1/15/07). 17.5" (12/18/89): fairly faint, very elongated 3:1 N-S, weak concentration. A wide pair of mag 13.5 stars at 30" separation lies 2.5' SSW. Located 5' NNW of mag 9 HD 14108. Forms an interesting pair with NGC 877 12' E as both are elongated systems with bright stars situated 5' SSE. The galaxies and the bright stars form a perfect parallelogram with bases oriented exactly E-W. 8" (1/1/84): very faint, small, even surface brightness. A mag 10 star is 4' SE and two mag 13.5 stars lie south. Located 12' W of NGC 877.