Object: Diffuse nebula NGC 2024 Constell: ORI RA: 05h 41.4m Decl: -01° 50' Epoch: 2000 Mag: Size: 30'x30' Type: E+R Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Jyväskylä, Finland Date/Time: 9./10.2.1992, 21.06 Telescope: R 150/2063 Magn: 83x Filter: Meade LPR Field: 30' NE Lim.mag: 5.5m Background sky: 3 Seeing: 2 Weather: Brightness: 5 Alt: Description: Very faint but easily visible with averted vision. Large, slightly brighter on the E edge. The dust band and the slightly fainter nebulosities beyond it were not seen.