Object: Open cluster NGC 2244 Constell: MON RA: 06h 32.4m Decl: +04° 52' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 4.8m Size: 24' Type: II 3 p n Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Jyväskylä, Finland Date/Time: 20./21.12.1992, 01.45 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 63x Filter: Field: 80' NE Lim.mag: 5.7m Background sky: 2 Seeing: 2-3 Weather: Brightness: 1 Alt: Description: A bright cluster of about 15 stars mag. 7... in front of a very rich background of fainter ones. Very difficult to separate cluster members from the background. No nebulosity was visible.