Object: Nonex-open cluster NGC 6950 Constell: DEL RA: 20h 41.2m Decl: +16° 38' Epoch: 2000 Mag: Size: 11' (own) Type: III 2 p (own) Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Hartola, Finland Date/Time: 20./21.8.1996, 23.50 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 80x Filter: Field: 37' NE Lim.mag: 6.0m Background sky: 2-3 Seeing: 2 Weather: +14 °C, no Moon Brightness: 3 Alt: 45° Description: Easy. The most striking feature in the field is a chain of half a dozen stars mag. 9-10 running N-S. Fainter stars 10...13) rise the total to 15 stars. Visible at 40x. Orig. Descr W. Herschel (1784): "A Cl. of co. sc.st." J. Herschel (1833): "Poor, large, scattered cl; the brightest * = 10m."