NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 5907. See NGC 5906.

===== NGC 5907 24" (7/8/13): this showpiece edge-on contains a very bright, large, thin extended core but no well defined nucleus. The galaxy nearly fills the 15' field at 280x, extending ~12'x1', with a patchy surface brightness towards the tips. A thin dust lane on the preceding side of the core can be traced at least 5'. A thin, low surface brightness strip (catalogued as NGC 5906) is visible on the west side of the dust lane. 18" (6/17/06): extremely large edge-on, roughly 12:1 NNW-SSE, ~10'x0.8', broadly concentrated to a brighter core but with no discernible nucleus. The 2' central core region is mottled with a couple of brighter spots and the extensions are also irregular in surface brightness. There appears to be a dust lane running along the western edge of the galaxy. A mag 14 star is just preceding the core. 17.5" (6/6/86): fairly bright, extremely large edge-on 9:1 NNW-SSE, extends to roughly 13'x1.5'. Contains a bright core increasing to a near stellar nucleus. A mag 14 star lies 1.1' W of center. 13" (6/18/85): very large, very elongated, narrow streak, bright core, faint star is west of the core. 8" (6/5/81): impressive, needle-like streak.