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NGC2338
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 7:7:43.0
Declination: -5:43:0
Constellation: MON
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1828
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: Cl, vlC
Sub-type: OCL
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 2338 is the cluster about 50 seconds following and 5.5 arcmin south of
JH's place, which he marked uncertain in both coordinates. It's worth noting
that he also marked the position for NGC 2299 (which see) uncertain, and that
he found it in the same sweep as N2338. In addition, the offsets from the
correct position are about the same in both cases. This confirms the
identities of both clusters.
Brian Skiff and I independently found the cluster in the table looking for
N2338; it matches JH's description "Very loose and straggling cluster" pretty
well, is as good a candidate as any in the area, and -- given the position
offsets -- better than most.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2338
17.5" (2/3/03): roughly 3 dozen stars in an elongated N-S group, ~8'x3'. Includes a few mag 11 stars, with the rest of stars mag 12-14. Just stands out at 100x as a weak field enhancement and detached enough in the field that a definite border can be traced out. Still this is probably just an unrelated group of stars and NGC 2338 is listed as nonexistent in the RNGC.