Object: Open cluster NGC 2355 + NGC 2356 Constell: GEM RA: 07h 16.9m Decl: +13° 46' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 9.7m /10m (own) Size: 9' / 8' (own) Type: II 2 m/ IV 1 p (own) Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Kuohu, Finland Date/Time: 9./10.3.1996, 22.07 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 133x Filter: Field: 22' NE Lim.mag: 6.0m Background sky: 3 Seeing: 4 Weather: A few degress below 0 °C. Brightness: 3, 3 Alt: 35° Description: NGC 2355: Quite faint but easy. About 20 stars mag. 12... within 6'. Somewhat concentrated. Trumpler class OK. Nice but not very rich. NGC 2356: There is a very sparse group of stars at the position from Megastar. 9 stars within 6', brightest mag. 11.