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NGC2250
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 6:33:49.8
Declination: -5:5:4
Constellation: MON
Visual Magnitude: 8.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1830
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: Cl, pRi, lC, iF, st 8, 12…14
Sub-type: IV2p
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 2250 is placed 1 minute of time too far west in RNGC and in the Alter and
Ruprecht star cluster catalogue. JH recorded as the position that of the 8th
magnitude star we now call SAO 133414, though that is on the eastern side of
the cluster. I now (February 2014) make the approximate center is about five
arcminutes west-southwest of that star, based on JH's full description:
"Place of a *8.9 m in foll[owing] part of a L p rich loose cl; irreg oblong
fig; sts 12 ... 14 m." I've taken the western edge of the cluster to be the
star at 06 30 34.0, -05 03 19. If only stars closer to JH's bright star are
considered, then the position will move back east a bit.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2250
18" (1/26/09): at 175x about two dozen stars mag 12-14 stars are resolved in an 8'x4' irregular group, elongated E-W. The brightest star is mag 8.7 HD 46576 on the NE end. Includes several pairs, although none are impressive. Set over a glowing Milky Way background. Appears to be just a weak field enhancement not a true cluster.