Andrew Cooper
Apr 4, 2007    Waimea, HI (map)
76mm f/6 APO

A compact and rich open cluster above θ CMa, distinct and partially resolved, about 5' across, half a dozen brighter members define the cluster within a triangular area filled with a faint haze, part of a large cluster and nebula complex including IC2177, Gum 1, NGC2335, Cr 465, Cr 466 and more, splendid low power field

Andrew Cooper
Mar 17, 2004    Sycamore House, Tucson, AZ (map)
28cm f/10 SCT Nexstar 11

Small, about a dozen stars in a 10' patch framed by a triangle of 8th and 9th magnitude stars, no sign of nebulosity (IC2177) here in the city

Captain William Henry Smyth
Feb 13, 1833    No. 6 The Crescent, Bedford, England (map)
150mm f/17.6 refractor by Tully 1827

A double star in a loose cluster, under the Unicorn's chest, and about 8° north-east of Sirius, in a direction pointed out by leading a line from Aldebaran over Bellatrix, and nearly twice as far again. A 9, yellow; B 12, dusky. This is a scattered group of brightish stars, in an irregular lozenge form, and consists chiefly of three vertical rows, having four individuals in each; several are of the 9th magnitude, and reddish. It was registered by ♅. in 1785.

― A Cycle of Celestial Objects Vol II, The Bedford Catalogue, William Henry Smyth, 1844

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