Object: Open cluster MESSIER 44 Constell: CNC RA: 08h 40.1m Decl: +19° 59' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 3.1m Size: 96' Type: II 2 m Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Jyväskylä, Finland Date/Time: 25./26.3.1992, 21.55 Telescope: B 8x40 Magn: 8x Filter: Field: 9.5° NE Lim.mag: 4.8m Background sky: 5 Seeing: 3 Weather: Poor. Brightness: 3 Alt: Description: About 10 bright stars and a grainy glow. Elongated N-S.