NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 1960 18" (1/17/09): at 175x roughly 175 stars are resolved in the central 10' but irregular extensions increase the halo to closer to 20' and includes roughly 250 stars. Many of the stars are arranged in long curving strings as well as one very distinctive curving loop on the SE side of the core with a pretty double (·737 = 8.5/9.0 at 11") with a fainter third companion at the NW end of the loop. The cluster itself is pretty symmetrical with a dense 10' core and the brighter stars are sprinkled about fairly uniformly. 8": very bright, large, loose, includes two curving star lanes. The double star ·737 = 8.5/9.0 at 11" is near the center. Naked-eye (10/24/11): just glimpsed in very dark skies.