M50 (NGC 2323) Mon open cluster
Difficulty level 2

Date of observing: 1998/11/21 03:09
Observing site: Hoshinomura
Transparency/seeing/sky darkness: 2/4/3
Instruments: 32cm Dobsonian with Er32 at 50x
Width of field: 1�‹
It is a striking open cluster. At 50x it is not fully resolved because of a large number of stars contained in the cluster. At the center there are a triangular-shaped clump of stars and rather empty areas surround it. Outside these areas are clusters of stars. Further out there are a good mix of bright stars and nebulous faint stars.