Object: Open cluster IC 1434 Constell: LAC RA: 22h 10.5m Decl: +52° 50' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 9m Size: 8' Type: II 1 p (?) Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Jyväskylä, Finland Date/Time: 14./15.9.1993, 00.00 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 133x Filter: Meade LPR Field: 22' NE Lim.mag: 5.2m Background sky: 4 Seeing: 3-4 Weather: Thin mist, a few degrees below 0 °C Brightness: 3 Alt: 75° Description: Faint but quite rich. Only a few bright stars (9- 10m), most of magnitude 13 or fainter. About 25 stars within 8'. No colors. In a poor field. Megastar: ic1434 = Cr445 = Mel239, type. III 2 m (good), #stars 40.