Type | Open Cluster |
---|---|
Magnitude | 8.9 |
Size | 3' |
Right Ascension | 5h 58' (2000) |
Declination | 21° 58' N |
Constellation | Orion |
Classification | III 1p |
Andrew Cooper
Dec 30, 2015 Waikoloa, HI (map)
28cm f/10 SCT, NexStar 11" Gypsy @ 233x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%
A small cluter (asterism?) of four stars with a few surrounding fainter stars, not a notable cluster (WEBDA entry seems to indicate a real cluster, with members found over a region far beyond the visual asterism at the center)
1 Geminorum | 140 Tauri | 141 Tauri |
Berkeley 21 | Berkeley 72 | Chi1 Orionis |
Chi2 Orionis | Czernik24 | IC 2144 |
NGC 2129 | U Orionis |
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