NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 6567 18" (8/14/07): picked up at 94x as a "bloated" blue star of 11th magnitude. Easy to verify with a UHC blink though only a moderate contrast gain. Situated in a beautiful star field on the southwest side of the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud. A very long dark lane (part of Barnard 304) crosses the low power field from SW to NE, passing to the north of the planetary. In the 80mm finder at 25x this lane extends NE and is attached to the prominent dark cloud B92 on its southwest side. At 260x this high surface brightness planetary displays a 10" disc with a 13th magnitude star barely off the east edge. 17.5" (7/8/94): bright very compact planetary at 220x with a mag 13 star at the east edge. Excellent contrast gain with OIII filter. A high surface brightness small disc is visible at 280x that is cleanly resolved from the following star. Has a brighter center but no central star seen. Located in a very rich Milky Way field on the SW side of the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud (M24). 8" (8/15/82): appears as a mag 11 "star" at 100x. Slightly non-stellar at 200x. A slightly elongated disc N-S is visible at 400x. Forms a close pair with a mag 12 star just east. Situated in a rich star field.