* Astronomy

NGC 1342 (also (Lund 110, Cr 40, Mel 21 and OCL 401) is a magnitude +6.7 open cluster located 2,170 light-years away in the constellation Perseus.
NGC 1342 is nicknamed the Little Scorpion because of its resemblance to the constellation Scorpio.

The cluster was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Windsor Road, Slough, on the 28th December 1799.

Right Ascension 03h 31m 40.0s, Declination +37° 22' 28"

In 1994, Peña, J. H. and Peniche, R. estimated by the use of photometric data, that the age of the cluster is 400 millions years.
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