NGC 1528
DSS image of NGC 1528
Overlaid DSS image of NGC 1528, 60' x 60' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around NGC 1528
Melotte 23, Cr 47, Lund 126, C 0411+511, OCL 397

Type  Open Cluster
Magnitude  6.4
Size  24'
Right Ascension  4h 15' 18.9"  (2000)
Declination  51° 12' 41" N
Constellation  Perseus
Description  Cl, B, vRi, cC
Classification  II 2 m
Observing Notes

Andrew Cooper
Aug 21, 2017    Grants Spring, OR (map)
76mm f/6 APO, TeleVue-76 @ 30x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%

A rich cluster with a couple dozen bright members makring a haze of unresolved faint stars, 10' across, good object for a rich field 'scope

Andrew Cooper
Dec 27, 2003    TIMPA, Avra Valley, AZ (map)
46cm f/4.5 Deep Violet

Bright, large 20', coarse, filling the field with stars arranged in very distinct clumps

Rev. T.W. Webb
May 19, 1885    Hardwick, Herefordshire, England (map)

Bright cluster, good low power object; larger stars in curves. E. of Rosse, 9½ mg., red, 30' sf, another 2' f.
― Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, T. W. Webb, 1917
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NGC 1528