NGC 1513 is an open cluster of stars in the northern constellation of Perseus, positioned 2° SSE of the faint star Lambda Persei. The same telescope field contains the clusters NGC 1528 and NGC 1545.[2] NGC 1513 was discovered in 1790 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel.[3] The brightest component star is of magnitude 11, so a medium-sized amateur telescope is needed to observe 20-30 members. With a 12 in (30 cm) aperture telescope, most of the member stars can be resolved.[7] This cluster is located at a distance of 4,824 light-years from the Sun, but is drawing closer with a radial velocity of −14.7 km/s.[1]
This cluster has a rating of II2m in the
dex, indicating a lower abundance of elements more massive than helium compared to the Sun.[9]
Sagar, Ram; et al. (June 2022), "Optical observations of star clusters NGC 1513 and NGC 4147; white dwarf WD 1145+017 and K band imaging of star-forming region Sh 2-61 with the 3.6-m Devasthal optical telescope", Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 43 (1), id. 31,
del Rio, G.; Huestamendia, G. (June 1988), "Photoelectric UBV and photographic RGU photometry of the open clusters NGC 1496 and NGC 1513", Astronomy and Astrophysics, Supplement Series, 73: 425–435,
