Type | Open Cluster |
---|---|
Magnitude | |
Size | 7' |
Right Ascension | 6h 41' (2000) |
Declination | 16° 29' S |
Constellation | Canis Major |
Classification | I 2m :b |
Andrew Cooper
Mar 23, 2020 Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 61x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%
A very slight brightening of the background in a very rich galactic starfield, a few arcminutes in diameter, faint, unresolved, starhopped from Sirius and confirmed with DSS imagery
HD 47561 | HD 49048 | HD 49662 |
IC 2171 | IC 453 | NGC 2283 |
NGC 2296 | Nu3 Canis Majoris | Sirius |
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