NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 6093 18" (7/24/06): at 325x appears bright, fairly large, round, pretty symmetrical appearance, contains a blazing 1.5' core in a 5' to 6' halo. At 435x the halo and the periphery of the core are well resolved into roughly 100 stars and additional extremely faint stars pop in and out of visibility. The core itself is overlayed with a number of faint stars. Beautiful view at 565x as the cluster nearly fills the 7' field with stars from edge to edge with 100-150 stars and the core region is well resolved. The cluster appears asymmetric with the halo more extensive to the west (core offset to the east). 17.5" (6/3/00): fairly bright, round, 5' diameter, well concentrated with a bright 1.5' core and an intense 30" nucleus. At 500x, the nucleus is clearly offset east of center and the outer halo is well resolved into at least 75 stars. A dim galaxy, IC 4596, lies 25' NW. 13" (7/5/83): contains a small intense unresolved core surrounded by fairly compact halo 5' diameter. The nucleus is offset to the east within the halo. The outer shell resolves into a few dozen faint stars over haze. 8": a few faint stars resolved at moderate to high power at edges, very grainy, difficult to resolve.