NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 6786. Like NGC 6784 (which see), there are two nearly equal galaxies here, though spirals rather than lenticulars. And the position, from Lewis Swift's fifth list in AN 2763, like JH's for NGC 6784, is not good enough to decide which galaxy Swift saw. Fortunately, he tells us, saying, "eeF, S, R; sp of and near 2 sts." One star is obvious nearly straight north of Swift's galaxy. The other is superposed on the second galaxy, effectively hiding it from Swift's view.

===== NGC 6786 24" (7/23/14): using 200x and 375x, appeared moderately bright and large, slightly elongated N-S, 0.6'x0.45', contains a small bright core. A mag 12.2 star is 1.8' N and a similar star is 1.2' NE. Forms a close pair with UGC 11415, but the core of UGC 11415 is nearly hidden behind the glow of the star close northeast. A very low surface brightness halo is just visible. With careful viewing, a small portion of the core is a bit more evident close northeast of the star. 17.5" (7/9/88): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated, small bright core. Two mag 12 stars are 1.8' N and 1.2' NE of center. The mag 12 star just 1.2' NE is superimposed directly on the center of UGC 11415, so the halo was not visible.