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NGC2349
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 7:10:48.1
Declination: -8:35:34
Constellation: MON
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: Cl, cL, P, cC
Sub-type: OCL
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 2349. This cluster was found by CH in 1783, and later catalogued by WH
as VII 27. Their object, centered near 07 08 24, -08 30.6 (less than 30
arcsec from where they put it), is easily identified by the "extending branch
towards the south-preceding."
JH, however, called it a "poor straggling cluster," and took its position as
that of a double star some 50 seconds west of the object observed by his
father and his aunt. He adopted this position for GC, and Dreyer followed
suit for the NGC. He must not have seen the same cluster as his father and
aunt, however -- the positions and descriptions disagree too much.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2349
17.5" (2/3/03): group of ~30 stars, elongated SW-NE, ~8'x3'. Stands out reasonably well in the field an over background haze but is probably just an asterism. Most stars are 12-14th magnitude. This group is ~11' following John Herschel's position, but the star density is richer on this group. Listed as nonexistent in the RNGC.