NGC 1624 is a very young open cluster located in the constellation Perseus inside an emission nebula. It was discovered by the German-British astronomer William Herschel in 1790.[3] NGC 1624 is located at about 20,000 ly (6,000 pc) away and the latest estimates give an age of less than 4 million years.[2] The apparent magnitude is 11.8,[1] and apparent diameter is about 3.0 arc minutes.[3] Its celestial location is right ascension (α) 04h 40m 36.0s and declination (δ) +50° 27′ 42″.[1]