Object: Open cluster MESSIER 38 Constell: AUR RA: 05h 28.6m Decl: +35° 50' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 6.4m Size: 21' Type: II 2 r Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Jyväskylä, Finland Date/Time: 29./30.1.1992, 19.35 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 63x Filter: Field: 60' NE Lim.mag: 5.5' Background sky: 3-4 Seeing: 3 Weather: -2 °C, thin cirrus. Brightness: 2 Alt: Description: Cross-shaped. Stars mostly mag 10-11 but the background is very rich. The brightest star is on the E edge.