NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 5910 18" (8/4/05): at first glace this appeared to be a fairly faint, fairly small glow, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, 0.6'x0.3', with a knotty appearance and brighter on the north end. With careful viewing at 225x, this glow was resolved into two nearly tangent knots. The larger and much brighter glow at the north end was HCG 74A and appeared fairly faint, small, round, 25" diameter. Barely off the SSW end was a nearly stellar knot, HCG 74B. A close pair of mag 14-14.5 stars that are collinear with the galaxy is just 1.3' W and two mag 11 stars to the north are also collinear with the galaxy. HCG 75 lies just 35' NE! 17.5" (7/8/94): brightest member of HCG 74. Fairly faint, small, round, 30" diameter, weak concentration. The observation is confused by a companion (HCG 74B) that is attached at the SSW end, just 20" between centers. HCG 74B popped into view with averted vision and looked like a knot at the edge. A faint mag 14/14 double star close west is collinear and a mag 13 star is 3' WSW. UGC 9813 lies 8.0' SW.