William Herschel discovered NGC 1528 = H VII-61 on 28 Dec 1790 (sweep 989) and described "a beautiful cluster of large stars, very rich, and considerably compressed, about 15' diameter." His position is near the center of this cluster.

300/350mm - 13.1" (1/18/85): 80-100 stars in a 20' diameter. There are three bright stars on the west side including mag 8.5 SAO 24496 and mag 9.0 SAO 24501, includes many faint stars. Extremely faint naked-eye object!

Notes by Steve Gottlieb