Object: Open cluster NGC 7209 Constell: LAC RA: 22h 05.2m Decl: +46° 30' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 6.7m Size: 25' Type: III 1 p Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Hartola, Finland Date/Time: 28./29.7.1992, 01.35 (!) Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 63x Filter: Field: 60' NE Lim.mag: 4.5m Background sky: 5-6 Seeing: 2-3 Weather: Brightness: 3 Alt: Description: A beautiful but not too bright open cluster. Stars of mag. 11-12 in a narrow range of brightness. The cluster s surrounded by a ring of 5 mag. 6-8 stars. The cluster itself is clearly ring-shaped with a totally starless center. The ring is broken on the W side.