NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 6286 24" (6/28/16): NGC 6286 is the slightly brighter of an interacting pair (Arp 293) with NGC 6285 1.5' NW. At 375x it appeared moderately bright and large, edge-on 5:1 SW-NE, 1.2'x0.25', well concentrated with a bright core, the extensions taper at the ends. UGC 10641, an extremely low surface brightness edge-on, lies 4.5' SW. It appeared extremely faint and slender 8:1 E-W, ~40"x5". A mag 13.7 star is 0.4' SW of center. Based on the DSS image and low magnitude (mag 16.2-16.5B) I was surprised to pick up this superthin with certainty. The SQM-L reading at the time was over 21.8. 48" (5/15/12): fairly bright, fairly large, very elongated 7:2 SW-NE, ~1.5'x0.4', well concentrated with a slightly bulging core and thin extensions. The outer loop on the southeast side was not seen. Brighter member of an interacting system (Arp 293) with NGC 6285 just 1.5' NW. 18" (7/14/07): fairly faint, moderately large, edge-on 9:2 SW-NE, ~1.5'x0.3', very weak concentration with a small slightly brighter core. A 52" pair of mag 10/11 stars is in the field 7' NE. 17.5" (6/18/88): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 SW-NE, bright core. Form a close pair with NGC 6285 1.5' NW.