Object: Nonex-open cluster NGC 305 Constell: PSC RA: 00h 56.3m Decl: +12° 04' Epoch: 2000 Mag: Size: 4.5' (own) Type: III 2 p (own) Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Hartola, Finland Date/Time: 3./4.1.1997, 19.00 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 133x Filter: Field: 22' NE Lim.mag: 6.0m Background sky: 2 Seeing: 3 Weather: -12 °C, no Moon. Brightness: 3-4 Alt: 40° Description: 40x: A small nebulous knot. 133x: A small group of stars around a mag. 11 one. About 10 stars within 4.5'. Boring. J. Herschel (1833): "A small cluster of p closely scattered stars." OK. Own coordinates: PA 00h 56.3m (J2000) Dekl. +12° 04.0'