Object: Open cluster NGC 2360                   Constell: CMA

RA: 07h 17.7m           Decl: -15° 37'          Epoch: 2000
Mag: 7.2m               Size: 12'               Type: I 3 r

Observer: Jere Kahanpää
Obs. place: Helsinki, Finland
Date/Time: 14./15.12.1996, 01.00-01.22

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: 3           Alt: 11°
Description: A beautiful cluster, low in the southern horizon.
About 40 stars within 12'. Most stars mag. 11-12. Brightest
stars on the NW edge. The N and W edges are well defined but
towards SE the cluster slowly disappears into the general
starfield. Own type estimate: II 1 r.