Object: Open cluster NGC 7044 Constell: CYG RA: 21h 12.9m Decl: +42° 29' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 12m Size: 3.5' Type: II 2 r Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Hartola, Finland Date/Time: 26./27.8.1997, 00.30 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 133x Filter: - Field: 22' NE Lim.mag: 5.7m Background sky: 3 Seeing: 2-3 Weather: +14 °C, no Moon. Brightness: 5 Alt: ° Description: Visible at 40x as a round glow. 133x: some stars are resolved, but the glow still dominates. About 15 stars visible with averted vision. Diam 2.5'. Like a faint globular cluster.