Messier/type:	M41 / open cluster
mag/dia/dist:	4.6 / 38' / 1,600 ly
constellation:	Canis major
date/time/place:	Dec 17, 2000 / 00:45 / bangkok
trans'y/seeing/l-poll:	fair-poor / fair / medium
telescope:	newtonian 4.5" f8.8
eyepieces/power:	25mm / 40x
sky atlas page:	19

Start hopping form Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, hop to stars 8,6 & 7 ,hop to stars 19, 15 & 17. Between group of stars 8,6,7 and 19,15,17; it have a star 12 (mag6), M41 locates close to star 12 and could be observed via finder scope like a faint star. At eyepiece, M41 appeared as large cluster.
Refer to text: 80 stars detached , extend 18 ly, age 190 million years. At center has a bright orange star mag6.9 Home

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