Object: Open cluster NGC381 Constell: CAS RA: 01h 08.3m Decl: +61° 35' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 9.3m Size: 6' Type: IV 2 p Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Jyväskylä, Finland Date/Time: 22./23.2.1994 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 133x Filter: Field: 30' NE Lim.mag: 5.0 Background sky: 4-5 Seeing: 3 Weather: 3/4 Moon high S. Clouds covered the sky soon afterwards. Brightness: 3 Alt: 45° Description: 40x: A quite obvious line of 6 stars + some others suspected. 133x revealed 5 stars (about 11m) in a nice N-S - oriented string surrounded by about 20 fainter members. The whole clusters is oblong. Ast. size about 8'x5'.