NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 6160 has two companions seen by J. Stoney in April 1849. The story is in the "notngc" files under the heading "NGC 6160 companion south and KUG 1625+410".

===== NGC 6160 18" (7/29/08): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 5:3 SW-NE, ~40"x25", very small bright core ~10"x6". Two mag 14 stars are at the NE end. A few times I glimpsed an extremely faint star or stellar galaxy (2MASX J16273992+4054518) just off the SW end. A number of faint galaxies are huddled nearby with LEDA 214502 3.1' S, LEDA 214501 4' NE, LEDA 2173685 7' ENE, LEDA 87321 8' ESE, 2MASX J16282511+4051298 9' SE and LEDA 2171275 10' SW. LEDA 214502: extremely faint, very small, 15" diameter. LEDA 214501: extremely faint and small, round, 6" diameter, requires averted. LEDA 2173685: very faint, very small, slightly elongated, 12"x9". LEDA 87321: faint, small, round, 20" diameter, very small slightly brighter core. 2MASX J16282511+4051298: faint, small, round (elongated on DSS), 22" diameter, very small brighter core. LEDA 2171275: very faint, small, slightly elongated, 20"x15". 17.5" (7/5/86): fairly faint, fairly small, oval WSW-ENE, small brighter core. Two mag 14 stars are just off the NE side 23" and 37" from the center. Member of the galaxy cluster AGC 2197 with NGC 6146 28' WSW. 13.1" (8/5/83): faint, diffuse, moderately large, slightly elongated, extremely faint star at the NE edge. Located 28' E of NGC 6146.