U 359
05:40 to 06:20
-28° to -39°
CMa, Col, Lep

JUST OUTSIDE THE MILKY WAY, this chart has a number of bright stars, but few spectacular deepsky objects.

FEATURED OBJECTS: NGC 2090, NGC 2188, IC 2147, IC 2150, ESO424-SC025, ESO425-SC006, ESO425-SC015.

IC 2147
ESO424-G013, MCG-05-14-013
RA 05:43:28
Dec -30° 29.7'
Galaxy

NGC 2090
MCG-06-13-009
RA 05:47:05
Dec -34° 15.0'
Galaxy

Dunlop 594: "a small faint nebula, with a ray shooting out on the north side."

h: "globular cluster, bright; round; with an appendage to northward; 2.5' diameter." During the next sweep, he saw it as "bright, irregularly round, gradually brighter in the middle; 3' long; 2' broad with stars appended." The NGC calls it "globular, bright, pretty large with an irregular figure, gradually becoming brighter towards the middle."

Tom Lorenzin: “12.4M; 2.5'x 1' extent; soft ellipse with little brighter center”

Steve Coe, using a 13” f/5.6, notes: “Pretty bright, pretty large, little elongated 1.2 X 1 in PA 20, somewhat brighter middle at 100X.”

ESO424-SC025

RA 05:49:48
Dec -32° 27.9'
Open cluster

IC 2150
MCG-06-13-016
RA 05:51:10
Dec -38° 21.3'
Galaxy

ESO425-SC006

RA 06:04:50
Dec -29° 11.0'
Open cluster

NGC 2188
MCG-06-14-008
RA 06:10:12
Dec -34° 05.7'
Galaxy

h: "pF, vmE, gvlbM, 2' long."

Steve Coe, using a 13” f/5.6, notes: “Pretty faint, pretty large, very much elongated 3 X 1 in PA 10, gradually brighter middle, there is a 13th mag star on the northern tip at 100X.”

RNGC: EL,DIF,MBM,DST.

ESO425-SC015

RA 06:14:34
Dec -29° 22.5'
Open cluster