Deep Sky Object in Autumn
NGC1502 (Open Cluster in Camelopardalis)


Date & Time: Jan 7 2006, from 22:40 to 22:54 JST(+0900)
Composed 4shots with 4 minutes exposed
Optical: TAKAHASHI 12.5cm(4.9") fluorite refractor (f=1000mm, F8.0)
Auto-guided with VIXEN ATLUX Equatorial & Meade Pictor 201XT
Digital Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S2Pro
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...12bit CCD-RAW, converted to 8bit TIFF(3024×2016)
CCD Sensitivity...ISO1600, White Balance...Auto


NGC1502 / Open Cluster, type d, I 3 m
R.A.04h 07m 42.0s (2000.0)
Dec.+62° 20' 00" (2000.0)
Apparent Size8.0'
Real Size -
# of Stars45
Magnitude5.7
DistanceN/A
NGC1502 is a medium sized open cluster in central region of Camelopardalis. The cluster has a brightness of about 5.7th magnitude, you can detect it only with portable binoculars. The cluster contains about 40 member stars with brightness of 6th to 10th magnitude.
You can see an asterism of "Kemble's cascade" stretched toward northwest direction formed by 8th magnitude stars paralleled. The NGC1502 is positioned at start point of this cascade.



NGC1342
NGC1528, NGC1491

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