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NGC2318

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 6:59:27.0
Declination: -13:41:52
Constellation: CMA
Visual Magnitude:

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: Cl, L, sc, st 8…9
Sub-type: OCL

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 2318.  WH makes the diameter of this scattered group 20 arcminutes.  The
best I can do with the DSS images is 16-17 arcmin, probably close enough.  JH
was not much impressed with this object, nor am I.  I'm not convinced that it
is a cluster, but I've adopted Brian's position for the bright star near the
center.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2318

17.5" (2/1/03): this is just a weak enhancement of mag 11-13 stars in a Milky Way field, perhaps only noticed by Herschel because of the mag 8.2 SAO 152208 on the NW side (which he used as a position).  Seems roughly 10' in size and circular, although there are no real borders.  Does not stand out in the field, even at 64x with a 31 Nagler, although the background Milky Way glow does seem a bit enhanced over the surrounding field.  Listed as nonexistent in the RNGC.