G'day Les,
Thanks for posting your own observations of these objects, I always enjoy reading them and provides a good reference aswell
One question about the NGC 7012 group: Just west of the galaxy lies 2 tiny galaxies, one of which I sighted, but neither are on any chart, including the PGC/LEDA 2009 catalogue for Cartes Du Ciel. On my image on the previous page, I have arrowed the galaxy in question, with the caption "catalogue number???" Clearly it's a galaxy and obvious on DSS images, but is missing from every catalogue, chart and source I've looked up. Perhaps you could shed some light on this?
Shame about the situation in China, but in a developing country with well over a billion people it's to be expected. I suspect winter would be better, as there would be less of that humidity trapping the pollution and whatnot. We've got it good here! (Melbourne weather notwithstanding ofcourse.)