NGC 2165 (OCL-270) Open Cluster in Auriga
Located at: RA 06 hours 11 minutes 05 seconds, Dec +51 degrees 40 minutes 36 seconds
Size: 6.0'; Magnitude: --; Class: Sparse group
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -25c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Red (Hoya 25A) filter, 120 minutes (12 x 10 minute subs), 01/25/2007 |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.1, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: |
In "Star Clusters", by Brent Archinal & Steven Hynes, NGC 2165 Comments are: "Skiff: OK, sparse group." ... Looks like field stars to me ... must be more interesting visually. From the NGC / IC Project: Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 2165 NGC 2165 06 11 05 +51 40.6 17.5" (3/1/03): Roughly a dozen stars in a 6'x4' group at 100x. Extended E-W except for a few stars which tail off towards the N on the following end. Nine of the stars in the group are fairly evenly distributed and similar in magnitude (10.5-11). No concentration or dense spots and appears to be an asterism. Listed as a nonexistent cluster in the RNGC. - by Steve Gottlieb |