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(IAAC) Obj: NGC2343 - Inst: Celestar 8" SCT, fork mount
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Observer: William L. Schart
Your skills: Intermediate (some years)
Date/time of observation: 3/31/01 8:48 pm CST
Location of site: Killeen, TX (Lat 31 07, Elev 600 ft)
Site classification: Suburban
Sky darkness: 3.5 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 6 <1-10 Seeing Scale (10 best)>
Moon presence: Minor - crescent or far from object
Instrument: Celestar 8" SCT, fork mount
Magnification: 58x, 80x, 120x, 170x, 203x
Filter(s): none
Object(s): NGC2343
Category: Open cluster.
Class:
Constellation: MOn
Data: mag size
Position: RA : DEC :
Description:
Basically A-shaped. Three stars form the legs of the A (including the shared
vertex), and one addtional star formed the cross-bar in conjunction with the
middle stars of the legs. In addition there were 10 more faint stars. The
bottom star of one of the legs is a double.
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