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Hello,

I stumbled across this object and was curious what people's observations/experiences of this might be.

I have seen varying sources quote varying things for this thing, the main comments seems to be it is a LMC globular cluster that covers about 3.5 arc minutes at around magnitude 13.5

The object is located in Dor, not far from the LMC and on the border with Pic.

Now I was scanning the sky in the area with my little 70mm refractor and thought I saw a patch of sky that was somewhat brighter than anywhere else and it also appeared largish centred on where NGC 2257 is to be. Subsequent consultation with the star atlas and various data sources indicates that the phrase "tell him he is dreaming" seems appropriate as it likely I did not see NGC 2257 itself and it appears that it is not situated in a particularly rich patch of fainter background stars either.

Does anyone have some notes or recollections they might wish to share on this object?

Thanks.