NGC 1502 (Open cluster)
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Right ascension: 4h 8m
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Declination: 62° 20'
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Constellation: Camelopardalis
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Date/time: 2008.01.26 19:30 UT
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Equipment: 12" f/5 Newtonian
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FoV: 7.5'
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Magnification and filter(s): 167x
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Seeing: 5/10
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Transparency: 3/5
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Location: Nádasdladány, Hungary
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Observer: Ferenc Lovró
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Description:
Despite its small size, this cluster can be found easily. When looking through the finderscope, it is sitting at the end of a very long path of bright stars. It consists only a small number of stars, yet the majority of these are quite bright with magnitudes somewhere between 7 and 11. Besides the 10 bright members, there are stars of at least the same number, within magnitudes 11 and 13.
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Hi-resolution image: [ reversed sketch | original sketch ]
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