| Position: | RA 06h 43m 41s Dec +25d 20m 00s |
| Size: | 20' |
| Brightest star: | GSC 1897 1335, 9.4 mag |
Have you ever seen a star throwing a Lasso ?
Here it is !
Twenty arcminutes north of Eps Gem is a ellipsoidal chain of stars,
roughly 20'x7' in size and of magnitude 9 to 10 with its long axis in east-west direction.
A chain of stars begins at the western part of the ring and extends to Epsilon Geminorum
Here are two finder-charts for the object (click to enlarge). The object is located directly north of Epsilon Geminorum. The finder justs simply help to remember which one it is :-)
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There is a planetary nebula close to it which is also visible with 8 inch and also Leiter 1.
BACK(c) by Frank Leiter