NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 5927 18" (7/4/05 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 128x, this fairly bright globular is fairly large, roundish, ~6' diameter. Broadly concentrated to a 3' core that brightens slightly to the center. Within the halo and scattered just outside the periphery of the ragged halo are two dozen faint stars, though it was difficult to clearly distinguish these outliers from the uniformly rich star field which surrounds the globular. At 228x, at least three dozen mag 14-15.5 stars are resolved and the core is very lively and granulated and I had the strong impression that it was on the verge of more extensive resolution. A mag 10 star lies 4.5' due south of center with a mag 11 star 3' NW. The halo extends to nearly the line connecting these two stars. Forms a pair with globular NGC 5946 just over a degree following within Norma. 8" (7/13/91 - Southern Baja): moderately bright, fairly small, 4' diameter, round, gradually increases to bright core, lively but no resolved. Fainter gc NGC 5946 is 70' E. Viewed at only 14¡ elevation from Baja.