NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 6480 is part of a star cloud in the Milky Way. It closely matches JH's sketch in the CGH Observations. My estimated position for the center of the projection to the east is about 10 seconds of time west of JH's -- his position applies to a 12th magnitude star right on the border of the cloud and the absorption patch that defines its east side. The larger cloud is centered about 30 seconds west, and approximately the same size as other star clouds that JH picked up in his sweeps at the Cape. It, however, does not have the immediate visibility that the smaller eastern patch has thanks to the contrast with the dust cloud. It does show up nicely on the DSS images. Finally, note that the prime notation that JH introduced in GC ("3713'") is missing in the NGC. The object is not h3713; that is NGC 6483.

===== NGC 6480 18" (7/2/11): NGC 6480 is a bright, rich, glowing section of the Milky Way that is sharply cut off by LDN 1795 to the east. The dust cloud creates a distinctive "V" shaped wedge to the Milky Way glow pointing east with the vertex in the middle of the dark cloud. There is no termination to the Milky Way star cloud on the west side and no indication of a true cluster. On the south side of the "V", LDN 1795 cuts off the Milky Way to the south (not as dramatic) creating a "zig-zag" border to the Milky Way. The view may be more impressive in the 80mm finder at 25x as the much larger field displays the full dark cloud (roughly 30') as well as dark "finders" and "pools" of dust that intrude into the Milky Way on the north side.