John Herschel discovered NGC 2219 = h387 on 19 Feb 1830 and noted, "The first *6 of a course poor cl; 11...12." His position corresponds with mag 6.7 SAO 133199 at 06 23 22.8 -04 41 15 (J2000). Karl Reinmuthm, based on his 1926 photographic survey, gives a size of 10' and describes "Cl, pL, P, st 10...; B BD -4 1484 p." RNGC classifies this number as nonexistent (Type 7).

400/500mm - 17.5" (2/2/02): at 100x, 15-20 fairly faint mag 13-14 stars and a few brighter stars are visible just following mag 6.7 SAO 133199. The group is elongated ~WNW-ESE and the stars are fairly evenly distributed. The SE corner is marked by a mag 7.5 star. Visually, this group appears to be a cluster as the star density is reasonably rich and the group is isolated in the field. Listed as a nonexistent cluster in the RNGC and not in the Lynga catalogue.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb