Iiro's DeepSky Sketches

Name: NGC 2204	Other name: OCL 572
RA: 6h 15.5m	DEC: -18° 40'
Constellation: CMA
Type: Open cluster
Magnitude: 8.6
Size: 13.0'
Number of stars: 80
Brightest star: 12.2
Classification: III 3 m
Description: Cl,L,pRi,lC
Notes: H VII 13,About 20 F *
Observer: Iiro Sairanen
Location: Las Indias (750 m), La Palma, Spain
Date: 27/28.3.2008 22:10
Instrument: Newton 110/805 mm
Magnification: 115x	Filter: -
Field: 43'	Seeing: 3
Background sky: 2	NE lim mag: 6.7
Visuality: IV	Height: 0°
Weather: +13°C, windy
Description: A scattered open cluster in Canis Majoris. Stretched in N-S.
Updated: 29.11.2008 17:33