NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 2861 24" (2/22/14): moderately bright, moderately large, small bright core, irregular surface brightness, ~1' diameter. Seems to have a brighter knot of region just SSE of the core. [On the DSS, this is the brightest portion of the southern spiral arm]. Increases in size as well as orientation with averted vision, as my eye catches faint portions of the halo. Strong impression of viewing a face-on spiral. A mag 13.6 star is 1' E of center. Brightest in a trio (KTG 24) with CGCG 6-40 3.2' SE and CGCG 6-41 7' ESE. 17.5" (3/7/92): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, halo brightens gradually. A mag 13.5 star is at the east edge 1.1' from center and several other faint stars are near. Forms the east vertex of a right triangle with a wide mag 10/12 double star at 28" separation located 4' W and a wide mag 10/11 double star at 43" separation which lies 6' NW.