NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 5024 17.5" (5/27/00): at 220x this moderately bright GC appears 6'-7' diameter with a very bright 2' core and ~50-60 stars resolved. At 380x, perhaps 75 stars are resolved, mostly in the outer halo and the edges of the small, bright, concentrated core. A brighter mag 12 star is just NE of the core, but most of the resolved stars are mag 13.5-15. The halo is fairly rich, but unevenly distributed with more stars resolved on the north side. Towards the edges of the halo the globular thins out and is straggly with a maximum diameter 8'-9'. 17.5" (5/10/86): at least 50 stars resolved mostly in the outer halo which reaches 6' diameter. Contains a very bright core that is very mottled. Many stars are superimposed over the core. 13" (5/21/82): outer halo of faint stars resolved.