NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 978 18" (1/26/11): at 285x appears moderately bright, fairly small, irregularly round, 40"x32". Sharply concentrated with a high surface brightness core and a thin faint halo. Forms a contact pair with NGC 978B = PGC 9823 at the SE end. The companion appears as an elongated brightening, ~15"x10" N-S, within the SSE portion of the outer halo. Located 6' WSW of mag 8.1 HD 16015. A trio consisting of NGC 969, NGC 970 and NGC 974 lies 10' NW. 17.5" (12/4/93): moderately bright, fairly small, round, prominent core within a small halo. A mag 11.5 star is 2.3' ESE. Located 6' WSW of mag 7.9 SAO 55679. Brightest of four in a group with NGC 969 10' NW, NGC 974 8' NNW and NGC 970. Forms a double system with NGC 978B = MCG +05-07-017 at SE end (not resolved). 13" (12/22/84): moderately bright, small, round, small bright core. Brightest of three with NGC 969 10' NW and NGC 974 8' NNW.