NGC1502 (Open cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC1502 is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky shortly before dawn, when it will be lost to twilight at around 04:36, 59° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 20:56 (EDT), 16° above your northern horizon.
Name
NGC1502
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Object type
Open cluster
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Position
Right ascension: | 04h07m [2] |
Declination: | +62°19' [2] |
Constellation: | Camelopardalis |
Magnitude: | 6.90 (V) [3] 7.47 (B) [2] |
Distance: | 1.0 kpc 3.3 klyr [1] |
B-V Color (mag): | 0.57 |
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V): | -3.10 |
Sources