  The results of astrometric and photometric investigations of the open cluster
NGC 7243 are presented. Proper motions of 2165 stars with root-mean-square
error of 1.1 mas/yr were obtained by means of PDS scanning of astrometric
plates covering the time interval of 97 years. A total of 211 cluster members
down to V=15.5 mag have been identified. V and B magnitudes have been
determined for 2118 and 2110 stars respectively. Estimations of mass (348Mo < M
< 522Mo), age (t=2.5x10^8 yr), distance (r=698 pc) and reddening (E(B-V)=0.24)
of the cluster NGC 7243 have been made.

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