NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 6778 = NGC 6785, which see.

===== NGC 6778 18" (8/26/06): at 115x appears as a fairly bright but small, round disc with a blue-grey color. Excellent view at 435x with an irregular shape slightly elongated ~E-W, ~25"x20". A brighter knot at the west end gives the appearance of being double or bipolar. At 565x the surface brightness is noticeably irregular and an extremely faint "stellaring" was occasionally visible at the west edge and I caught fleeting glimpses of a centrally located star. 17.5" (9/5/99): fairly bright, but small disc picked up at 100x. Easily takes high power. Nice view unfiltered at 280x - the PN has an irregular surface brightness with a brighter center but no central star and appears slightly elongated WNW-ESE, perhaps 20"-25" in diameter. At 500x the outer edge of the rim fades and is not sharply defined. At moments a sparkle was visible at the center with this magnification. Located 5.0' WSW of mag 9 SAO 143251. 13" (8/8/86): bright, fairly small, estimate V = 12.0-12.5. Very nice view at 214x with a UHC filter and slightly elongated WNW-ESE with a fainter rounder halo suspected.