This Globular Cluster NGC2298 can be found in the constellation of Puppis.It seems to belong physically to the Dwarf Galaxy Canis Major,just like the  Globular Cluster M79.

With a magnitude of 9.3mag and diameter of 6.5arcminutes it is a little bit darker and smaller than M79.

NGC2298 was discovered by James Dunlop in 1826.

position (epoch 2000):

RA.:     06h 48m 59.4s
Decl:    −36° 00′ 19″

image data:

LRGB image with L = 9x1200s, RGB = 4x1200s each,a total of 7.0 hours

80cm f/7 AstroOptik Keller corrected cassegrain, FLI Proline 16803 Astrodon LRGB GenII filters

Prompt 7 CTIO/UNC Chile,remote controlled

image processing: Bernd Flach-Wilken

this is a 86% FOV picture:for full resolution cklick here

here is a larger view to NGC2298:

a phantastic HST picture of NGC2298 can be seen here