NGC 1502

(MWSC 343; FoF 2200)

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0.92 UTI
0.86
CN
1.0
Cdens
0.75
CC3
1.0
Clit
1.0
Cdup
C3 classification AB
Number of members (P>50%) 392
Radius (P>50% members) 5.1 [arcmin]
  • CN 0.86 Rich
  • Cdens 1.0 Very dense
  • CC3 0.75 High quality
  • Clit 1.0 Very well-studied
  • Cdup 1.0 Unique
πŸ“₯ Members πŸ“Š Colab πŸ”¬ Bayestar19 πŸ” CDS πŸ” Simbad πŸ” CDS (Ξ±, Ξ΄) πŸ” Simbad (Ξ±, Ξ΄)

Overview
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NGC 1502 is a rich, very dense object of high C3 quality. Its parallax locates it at a relatively close distance, above the mid-plane, affected by moderate extinction. It is catalogued as a near-solar metallicity, very young cluster, but with a large variance across recent sources for the mass parameter (see Parameters). It is very well-studied in the literature.
Relatively close Moderate extinction Near-solar metallicity Very young

Almeida et al. (2025)
Mass determination: good fit. Isochrone match: good fit. Gold sample.

Cavallo et al. (2024)
Gold sample.

Data
πŸ” Search references for NGC 1502 in: SciX Simbad
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Reference Year RA [deg] DEC [deg] Plx [mas] pmRA [mas/yr] pmDE [mas/yr] Rv [km/s]
UCC – 61.957 62.334 0.939 -0.651 -0.908 -11.337
Li et al. 2025 61.954 62.332 0.916 -0.571 -0.848 –
Almeida et al. 2025 61.951 62.337 – – – –
Zhang et al. 2024 61.961 62.326 – – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 61.961 62.326 0.926 -0.652 -0.896 -10.18
Celli et al. 2024 61.954 62.332 – – – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 61.972 62.383 0.939 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 61.961 62.326 0.926 -0.652 -0.896 -10.18
Almeida et al. 2023 61.96 62.336 – – – –
Just et al. 2023 61.943 62.331 – – – –
He et al. 2022 61.959 62.332 0.945 -0.685 -0.892 –
Jaehnig et al. 2021 61.953 62.34 0.954 -0.592 -0.859 –
Rain et al. 2021 61.954 62.332 0.916 -0.571 -0.848 –
Dias et al. 2021 61.951 62.337 0.91 -0.571 -0.835 –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 61.954 62.332 0.916 -0.571 -0.848 –
SΓ‘nchez et al. 2020 61.958 62.332 – -0.564 -0.742 –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 61.954 62.332 0.916 -0.571 -0.848 –
Liu & Pang 2019 61.929 62.357 0.914 -0.587 -0.829 –
Dias et al. 2019 61.954 62.332 0.916 -0.571 -0.848 -14.76
Soubiran et al. 2018 61.954 62.332 – – – -14.76
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 61.954 62.332 0.916 -0.571 -0.848 –
Loktin & Popova 2017 61.965 62.333 – 0.054 -0.223 -14.0
Kharchenko et al. 2016 61.943 62.331 – – – –
Dias et al. 2014 61.958 62.332 – -0.55 -0.91 –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 61.957 62.331 – 0.01 -0.54 -14.0
Gozha et al. 2012 61.959 62.332 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2012 61.957 62.331 – -0.08 -0.61 -13.95
Piskunov et al. 2008 61.944 62.328 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2007 61.96 62.33 – 0.21 – -20.78
van den Bergh 2006 61.975 62.333 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 61.96 62.33 – -0.69 -1.03 -20.78
Kharchenko et al. 2003 61.93 62.33 – -0.08 -0.81 –
Chen et al. 2003 61.761 62.338 – -0.85 0.55 -18.0
Dias et al. 2002 61.958 62.332 – -0.55 -0.91 -9.7
Dambis 1999 61.958 62.332 – – – –

πŸ’‘ Note: The UCC values are estimated from its identified members.

Reference Year Dist [kpc] Av [mag] DAv [mag] Age [Myr] [Fe/H] [dex] Mass [Msun] Bfr BSS
Li et al. 2025 0.86 2.23 – 12 0.055 – – –
Almeida et al. 2025 1.06 2.20 – 9 – 559 – –
Zhang et al. 2024 – – – – 0.003* – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2024 – – – – – 764* – –
Celli et al. 2024 – – – 10 – 888 – –
Cavallo et al. 2024 1.08 2.17 – 7 0.110 – – –
Hunt & Reffert 2023 1.01 2.10 2.03 4 – – – –
Almeida et al. 2023 1.02 2.24 – 8 -0.170 728* 0.75 –
Just et al. 2023 – – – 12 – 52 – –
He et al. 2022 – 2.40 – 6 – – – –
Jaehnig et al. 2021 1.05* – – – – – – –
Rain et al. 2021 1.06 2.17 – 10 – – – 0
Dias et al. 2021 1.06 2.20 – 9 -0.007 – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2020 1.17 1.92 – 10 – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin & Anders 2020 1.06 – – – – – – –
Liu & Pang 2019 – – – 11 0.000 – – –
Dias et al. 2019 1.24 2.26 – 10 0.498 – – –
Soubiran et al. 2018 1.06 – – – – – – –
Cantat-Gaudin et al. 2018 1.06 – – – – – – –
Loktin & Popova 2017 0.82 2.35 – 11 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2016 1.02 1.94 – 12 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2013 1.02 1.94 – 12 – – – –
Gozha et al. 2012 1.08 – – 10 – 81 – –
Kharchenko et al. 2012 1.02 1.94 – 12 – – – –
Piskunov et al. 2008 0.82 2.02 – 6 – – – –
van den Bergh 2006 0.82 2.36 – 11 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2005 0.82 2.02 – 6 – – – –
Kharchenko et al. 2003 0.82 2.20 – – – – – –
Chen et al. 2003 0.82 – – 10 – – – –
Dias et al. 2002 1.00 2.17 – 10 – – – –
Dambis 1999 0.71 2.42 – 3 – – – –

(*): Indicates that this parameter is assigned more than one value in the corresponding reference.

Visualization
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NGC 1502 UCC
NGC 1502 HUNT23
NGC 1502 CANTAT20
Galactocentric position diagram