Object: Open cluster NGC 2345 Constell: CMA RA: 07h 08.3m Decl: -13° 09' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 7.7m Size: 12' Type: II 3 r Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Helsinki, Finland Date/Time: 14./15.12.1996, 00.45 Telescope: C 200/2000 Magn: 160x Filter: Field: 19' NE Lim.mag: 5.5m Background sky: 4 Seeing: 2 Weather: -7 °C, no Moon. Brightness: 2 Alt: 13° Description: Low near the southern horizon. A quite poor cluster. About 20 stars in an U-shaped chain opening S. Diameter about 10'.