Herschel 50
NGC 1502

Object Type Open Cluster
Constellation Camelopardus
Magnitude 6.9
Size 20.0' x 20.0'


Combination of 15, 1 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.

Number 50 in the Herschel 400 list is NGC 1502, a bright and fairly compact open cluster in Camelopardus. The appearence is of a compact group of bright stars surrounded by a scattering of fainter stars.