NGC Objects (In the order observed)

Caldwell 64 (1/29/2005, 16x50 Binoculars) Open Cluster

In Canis Major

It's also NGC 2362. Stephen J. O'Meara calls it "Northern

Jewel Box".

It is a "star" in some atlas. The Northern Jewel Box is a

bright "star" in my binoculars too. I couldn't see any nebulosity.

But that may just be the bad seeing and environment -- I was

watching it in a parking lot full of lights.

Relatively easy to find, being close to bright stars in Canis

Major, one of my favorite constellations. It's bright, shining

at a manitude of 4.1. I hope I can see it as an open cluster

one day!