Asteria — interactive night sky map
h Persei (NGC 869) is a open cluster in the constellation Perseus with an apparent magnitude of 3.7, spanning about 14 arcminutes. Under dark skies it can be spotted with the naked eye.
It is best placed in the evening sky around October. It is visible from the whole northern hemisphere and from southern latitudes down to about 33°S. It is circumpolar (never sets) north of latitude 33°N.