Object: Open cluster DODZ 9 Constell: HER RA: 18h 08.8m Decl: +31° 32' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 7m (own) Size: 34' Type: III 2 p Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Hartola, Finland Date/Time: 18./19.4.1995, 01.20 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 63x Filter: Field: 60' NE Lim.mag: 4.8m Background sky: 2-3 Seeing: 1 Weather: Thin clouds. -2 °C. Moon rising E but still below horizon. Faint glow visible. Brightness: 2 Alt: Description: About 25 stars in a scattered cluster. The brightest stars are in a diam. 20' ring. No strong colors. The area within the ring is sparsely populated. Well detached but not concentrated. Own Tr-type III 3 p.