Object: Nonex-open cluster NGC 2026             Constell: TAU

RA: 05h 43.0m           Decl: +20° 05'          Epoch: 2000
Mag:                    Size: 7'                Type: III 2 p

Observer: Jere Kahanpää
Obs. place: Helsinki, Finland
Date/Time: 8./9.11.1996, 01.30

Telescope: C 200/2000
Magn: 160x              Filter:
Field: 19'              NE Lim.mag: 5.8m
Background sky: 3       Seeing: 2-3
Weather: -1 °C, no Moon.           

Brightness: 2           Alt: 50°
Description: A small but quite bright nonex-open cluster. Easy.
25 stars within 7'. Not as obvious at 80x. Coordinates own,
based on Megastar. St mag. 9...

W. Herschel (1784): "A Cl. of pL. sc. st. not rich."