NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 5534 24" (6/15/15): NGC 5534 is an interacting, merging pair. The main western component is moderately bright and large, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, sharply concentrated with a small bright core and stellar nucleus, 40"x25". The dwarf companion Holm 623B = PGC 51057 is attached on the east side with the centers separated by just 26" (measured on the DSS2). At 375x it appeared faint, very small, round, 12" diameter, visible continuously. At 200x, NGC 5534 is situated within a distinctive 12' string of 5 stars mag 10.5-12.5 extending southwest to northeast. Mag 6.5 HD 125184 lies 9' SE. 13.1" (6/4/83): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated ~E-W, small faint nucleus. Located within in a line of five stars mag 11-12.5 aligned SW-NE of length 11.8'. The nearest is a mag 12.5 star 1.6' W. Mag 6.5 star SAO 139856 is 9.0' SSE.