Collinder 115
DSS image of Collinder 115
Overlaid DSS image of Collinder 115, 60' x 60' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around Collinder 115
Cr 115, C 0643+018, Lund 255, OCl 535

Type  Open Cluster
Magnitude  9.2
Size  10'
Right Ascension  6h 46' 38"  (2000)
Declination  1° 46' 34" N
Constellation  Monoceros
Classification  IV 2 m
Observing Notes

Andrew Cooper
Oct 13, 2024    Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 45x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

A heavier clump of rich galactic starfield about 10' in diameter found 43' south-southwest of 18 Mon, faint, rich, partially resolved, not well detached from the surrounding starfield and not a particularly convincing visual cluster

Andrew Cooper
Oct 6, 2024    Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 45x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

A rich clump of galactic starfield in a field filled with rich galactic starfield, 7' in extent, rich, partially resolved, visually this is not a convincing cluster
Other Data Sources for Collinder 115
Nearby objects for Collinder 115
14 objects found within 120'
18 Monocerotis BD+00 1660 Biur10
Bochum 2 CZ Monocerotis Dolidze 23
Dolidze 24 Dolidze 25 HD 47964
Minkowski 1-8 NGC 2262 NGC 2270
NGC 2282 NGC 2301
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Collinder 115