Open cluster
NGC 1502 (NGC1502)
In Camelopardalis (Cam) • Magnitude 6.9 • 10 arcminutes
Open the free AstroPlanner with NGC 1502 pre-selected, scored against your telescope, location, and the live cloud forecast.
Open cluster at one end of Kemble’s Cascade.
NGC 1502 at a glance
| Catalog IDs | N 1502 |
| Type | Open cluster |
| Constellation | Camelopardalis (Cam) |
| Right ascension | 04h 07m 49s |
| Declination | +62° 19' 53" |
| Apparent magnitude | 6.90 |
| Angular size | 10.2 × 10.2 arcmin |
| Max altitude at 45°N | 73° |
| Best imaging months | Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan |
How to image NGC 1502
NGC 1502 sits in the constellation Camelopardalis at right ascension 04h 07m 49s and declination +62° 19' 53". To frame and integrate it well, AstroPlanner will compute the optimal moonless window for tonight from your location, the field-of-view fit against your sensor and focal length, the suggested total integration time given your aperture and sky Bortle class, and a cloud-aware schedule that drops it from the plan if your nearest cloud forecast spike overlaps the best altitude window.