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(IAAC) Obj: M44 - Inst: Tal 200K Klevtzov-Cassegrain
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Observation Poster: Math Heijen <mm94@planet.nl>
Observer: Math Heijen
Your skills: Beginner (< one year)
Date/time of observation: 01-04-2002 21.30 GMT
Location of site: Landgraaf (Lat 06.03 E, Elev 50.55 N)
Site classification: Rural
Sky darkness: 4.5 <Limiting magnitude>
Seeing: 4 <10-1 Seeing Scale (1 best)>
Moon presence: None - moon not in sky
Instrument: Tal 200K Klevtzov-Cassegrain
Magnification: 62.5 and 100
Filter(s): None
Object(s): M44
Category: Open cluster.
Class: Trumpler II 2 m
Constellation: Cancer
Data: mag 4.5 size 80'
Position: RA 08:40 DEC +19:59
Description:
M44 is a beautiful big open cluster, trumpler type II 2 m, extremely large, irregular with one or more concentrations. It is a very easy object to find. There are five or six star "triangles" visible. South of the center is a triangle with a yellowish star. Further south near the edge of my filed of view there is another yellowish star. In the northern part there is a snakelike asterism of 9 stars, from west to east. The "head of the snake" is again a triangle formed by three stars. There is no obvious central star in the cluster, and there are several empty spaces. There is no glow of unresolved stars. In my 32mm I could detect stars up to the 12th magnitude.
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