Object: Open cluster NGC 1883                   Constell: AUR

RA: 05h 25.9m           Decl: +46° 33'          Epoch: 2000
Mag: 12m                Size: 2.5'              Type: II 1 p

Observer: Jere Kahanpää
Obs. place: Hartola, Finland
Date/Time: 30./31.12.1996, 21.23

Telescope: N 205/1000
Magn: 133x              Filter:
Field: 22'              NE Lim.mag: 6.4m
Background sky: 2       Seeing: 3 
Weather: -20 °C, no Moon.          

Brightness: 3-4         Alt: 70°
Description: A faint but still easy open cluster. A fainter
version of NGC 1907. Diameter about 2', round. Only a few stars
visible without averted vision. The glow was very faint. Averted
vision (barely) resolved the cluster to a knot of about 20
extremely faint stars. Brightest stars mag. 13.