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NGC2394

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 7:28:36.5
Declination: +7:5:14
Constellation: CMI
Visual Magnitude:

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: Cl, L, P, vlC, st L
Sub-type: *Grp

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 2394.  WH says of this "A cluster of very coarsely scattered large stars
form a cross; not rich."  The comment about the cross makes his cluster
unmistakable.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2394

18" (3/13/04): at 115x, appears as a 15'x5' scattered group of roughly two dozen stars, extended E-W.  Includes a about a dozen mag 10-11 stars.  The stars appear to be arranged in a zig-zag chain which is fairly distinctive.  Additional stars are scattered to the north and south of this string.   But NGC 2394 may be just a random grouping.  Located just 10' NE of Eta CMi (V = 5.3) in the same field!