Re: meeting NGC 2174

I was able to take a closer look at NGC 2174 from approximately 5:15
until 6:00 U.T. on 14 December with tripod-mounted 25x100 binoculars.
The nebulosity was apparent; but no obvious star cluster was noticed.
I made a sketch near the end of the session and subsequently posted it
to my blog.

Though I didn't mention it with my earlier saa post, on the same night
I had checked out this object with smaller binoculars I also took a
look with a 30cm Newtonian. The wide-field eyepiece I had been using
earlier that evening managed to acquire some frost, so I had to switch
to an eyepiece with a relatively narrow 0.57 degree field.

Anyway, the nebulosity was quite obvious in the Newtonian; but when I
panned around the immediate area I found the star density to be fairly
rich everywhere. Nothing stood out as an obvious concentration or
cluster.
--
Bill
Celestial Journeys
http://cejour.blogspot.com
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