NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 2343. See NGC 2351.

===== NGC 2343 18" (2/23/06): at 225x, three dozen stars are resolved in a fairly scattered, but well-detached 5' group. The brightest star at the southeast end is a wide double (·1028) with a mag 8.8 yellow primary and a mag 11 bluish secondary at 11". The stars are arranged in long winding strings with a couple of offshoots. There are no dense areas and the strings appear to wrap around regions devoid of stars. Located off the northeast end of IC 2177. Two ill-defined groups, Cr 465 and Cr 466, lie ~20' to the west (see notes). 17.5" (3/20/93): two dozen stars mag 8-13 in compact 5' diameter. The cluster has a distinctive boxy shape but is not rich. Includes an unequal double star ·1028 = 8.8/11.1 at 11" at the east side. Stars are arranged in small subgroups with no central concentration, well detached in field. Located off the NE end of the huge, strip of nebulosity IC 2177.