By Bruce Scodova .. ... Inspired by Mike Allen’s ‘Within 10 degrees from the pole ’ I began an observing program to observe all the circumpolar NGC and IC objects. ... As Mike points out in his article, equatorial mounts naturally have a tough ti me observing around the pole, which is why dobsonians are much easier to use than equatorials when observing objects at high declinations. ... You will find the Webb Society Anonymous Galaxies observing project on my Astronomical Observations page. ... NGC . ...