NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 6205 17.5" (7/9/94): several hundred stars in a 10'-12' diameter with a bright central core of 6' diameter. Many stars are arranged in strings and loops including a distinctive streamer attached on the SE side which heads south and curves west forming a semicircle and another string is attached on the west side of the core and precedes the cluster. Several chains of stars are also resolved over the 6' core. Running along the north edge of the core is a starless strip or a long dark lane which separates the central region from the northern outer halo members. A dark "lane" protrudes into the core on the SE side - this is one of three dark lanes that converge forming a "Y" and referred to as the "Propeller" (first described by Lord Rosse). NGC 6207 lies 28' NE and extremely faint IC 4617 lies 14' NNE. HD 150998, a mag 6.8 orange K2 star, lies 17' ENE of center. 8": very bright, very large, round, highly resolved into several hundred stars mag 11.5-13.5 over the entire disc. Includes several star chains and streamers. Naked-eye: fairly easy object in a dark sky, appearing as a dim bloated star.