NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 6025 18" (7/7/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 76x with 27 Panoptic, this cluster is loose but bright and large, ~13' diameter, with 50-60 stars resolved and a very pretty sight. A couple of dozen stars are mag 11.5 or brighter and seem to form a continuous loop or exaggerated "S" shape with no central concentration! At 128x, ~80 stars are visible but the cluster is really too large for a good view at this power. Two brighter mag 7 and 8 stars are at the SE end with mag 8.5 and 9 stars near the NW edge. The cluster straddles TrA and Norma and is just visible naked-eye. Abell 3627 (the core of the "Great Attractor"!) lies 1.5 degree SE and deep images show a number of very faint galaxies within and around the borders of the cluster that are probably outlying members.