NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 6326 18" (7/8/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): very bright, small, round compact PN in a dense field of stars. A couple of mag 13-14 stars are just off the north and east sides. At 171x and UHC filter, the crisply defined periphery is slightly elongated and evenly illuminated with no hint of a central star. The diameter appears to be ~15" with a V mag of approximately 10.5. Located 3.5¡ NE of gc NGC 6397 and a similar distance SSW of gc NGC 6352.