NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 6878 30" (10/9/15 - OzSky): at 303x; fairly bright, fairly large, slightly elongated E-W, ~1.2'x1.0', irregular, contains a small bright round core. Weak spiral structure is evident in the halo. A mag 14.5-15 star is at the north edge [35" from center] and a mag 16.4 star is on the south edge [25" from center]. Mag 9.2 HD 191827 lies 5.4' SSW. A number of ESO galaxies are within 30', but the only two I took notes on were ESO 284-033 6.7' SSE and NGC 6878A = PGC 64314 18' SSW. ESO 284-033 appeared fairly bright, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 40"x20", small bright core, overall high surface brightness. NGC 6878A appeared moderately bright and large, elongated 2:1 WSW-ENE, 1.0'x0.5', fairly low overall surface brightness, small slightly brighter core. Nestled in a group of stars 6.2' WNW of mag 9.8 HD 191936. Two mag 13 stars are ~1' N and 1' NW and a mag 14 star is 40" SW. 24" (9/15/12): at 175x appeared fairly faint, fairly small, round, 0.8' diameter. The view was severely hampered by low altitude (less than 10¡ elevation), poor seeing and sky glow low in the south. Located 5.5' NNE of mag 9.2 HD 191827. A wide 40" pair of mag 12.5-13 stars is on line with the brighter star ~2' SSW.