NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 5419 18" (5/16/09): fairly bright, fairly large, slightly elongated ~E-W, 1.5'x1.3'. Contains a bright, 20" core. This is the brightest member and sits at the core of ACO S753. Several faint members are in the field including a pair of galaxies 5.7' and 7.2' SW and ESO 384-037 is 5.7' due south. A mag 14.8 GSC star is 3.4' S but it appeared slightly fuzzy. The DSS shows a compact anonymous galaxy on the south side of the star, so I probably noticed the unresolved glow of both objects. 2MASX J14030791-3401581 = PGC 89829 14 03 07.9 -34 01 58 Size 0.5'x0.25'; PA = 33d Faint, very small, round (spindle on the DSS), 15" diameter. Picked up 7' SW of NGC 5419. Forms a pair with difficult 2MASX J14031458-3401181 1.6' NE. 2MASX J14030808-3405551 = PGC 86320 14 03 08.1 -34 05 55 Size 0.6'x0.4' Extremely faint and small, round, 10" diameter. This member of ACO S753 is located 9.5' SW of NGC 5419. 2MASX J14031458-3401181 = PGC 88955 14 03 14.6 -34 01 18 Size 0.6'x0.3'; PA = 168d Extremely faint and small. It required averted vision to glimpse. Located just 35" NW of a mag 13.3 star and 5.6' SW of NGC 5419. ESO 384-037 = MCG -06-31-018 = PGC 50093 14 03 34.9 -34 04 25 V = 13.9; Size 1.1'x0.5'; Surf Br = 13.1; PA = 48d Faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 22"x15" diameter. Located 5.7' due south of NGC 5419. A mag 14.8 star is 2.2' N but it appeared slightly fuzzy. The DSS reveals a compact galaxy on the south side of the star, so I probably noticed the unresolved glow of both objects. MCG -06-31-020 = PGC 50172 14 04 34.3 -33 57 39 Size 1.2'x0.9'; PA = 95d Faint, fairly small, irregularly round, 24" diameter. A very close double star lies 1.8' S (unresolved but slightly fuzzy). Located 11.5' E of NGC 5419. 13.1" (4/10/86): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, brighter core (outer halo not seen). Very easy object at a fairly low elevation. Brightest member of the cluster ACO S753 (no other members seen).