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Proper Name	None
Messier Number	None
NGC/IC Number	NGC 1502
Other Designations	Collinder 45
Constellation	Camelopardalis
Right Ascension	4h 7m 49s
Declination	+62° 19' 55"
Distance	c. 3,800 light years c. 1,200 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +6.90 Absolute: -3.10
Diameter	Apparent: 8' Actual: 8 light years
Number of Stars	c. 160
Optimum Visibility	December (Usually visible from northern latitudes)

The bright star in the central regions of the Collinder 45 cluster is the eclipsing binary SZ Camelopardalis, which is in fact part of a complex multiple system consisting of two close binary pairs. Imagery provided by Aladin sky atlas

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