Carl Frederick Pechüle discovered IC 1369 on 27 Apr 1891 using the 11-inch refractor at the Copenhagen Observatory (1894AN....136..317P). Rev. Thomas Espin independently discovered the cluster on 9 Sep 1893 with his 17.5-inch reflector in England and recorded "Faint, large, many small stars."

200/250mm - 8" (8/12/83): rich glowing spot with many very faint stars at visual threshold over haze with averted. Also a small group of five stars in the field to the E. A wide pair ß159 = 6.0/7.5 at 135" is in the field 18' WSW.

300/350mm - 13.1" (9/3/83): 15 faint stars over haze, fairly small, appears rich.

400/500mm - 18" (7/30/03): this fairly rich open cluster was picked up while observing dark nebula B361 located 20' S. At 215x, approximately two dozen stars were resolved in a boxy outline, roughly 4' diameter. There is a lower density of stars in the center of the group and the cluster is set over some unresolved haze. Appears as a partially resolved glowing spot at 73x (31 Nagler). Sh 1-89, a faint planetary, lies 20' E.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb