Name Todd D. Vance Bowie, MD	Seeing (1-10) 5	Site Bowie, MD: N38º54'51'' W76º44'5''
Date / Time 6/10/06 23:24—23:33EDT	Transparency(1-5) 3.5	Object Name Collinder 399 Coathanger asterism
Instrument Celestron C6-R 150mm f/8 refractor	Power 30X (40mm plössl) 1.25 º FOV	Constellation Vulpecula
Location: ____h ____m ____s ____º ____' ____'' J2000 (Starry Night)

Most of the coathanger fit in the field of view, but I chopped off one star. The central star was brilliant white. Two stars of the curved hook were orange, and one was bluish-green, and one dimmer one was bluish white. The star in the line nearest the central star was bluish white, as was the one northeast of it. The remaining stars were white. Some glow (from the moon) was on the southeast portion of the field of view. I used this asterism to measure the field of view of my 40mm eyepiece.

This is easily found in the finder by pointing the telescope 1/3 of the way from Altair to Vega.

Once thought to be an open cluster, the coathanger is merely a chance alignment of unrelated stars.