Object: Nonex-open cluster NGC 2265 Constell: GEM RA: 06h 41.5m Decl: +11° 56' Epoch: 2000 Mag: Size: 6.5' (own) Type: IV 1 p (own) Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Hartola, Finland Date/Time: 3./4.1.1997, 23.50 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 133x Filter: Field: 22' NE Lim.mag: 6.0m Background sky: 2-3 Seeing: 3 Weather: -15 °C, no Moon. Brightness: 3-4 Alt: 40° Description: 40x: Quite rich. 133x: About 15 quite faint (12m) stars SE of a mag. 10 star. Very irregular. Size 6.5' or 10' depending on which group are included in the cluster. J. Herschel (1833): "A poor cl. 30 or 40 S st. 12...13m" Position good.