NGC 602 is a young, bright open cluster of stars located in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a satellite galaxy to the Milky Way.

These even younger, pre-main sequence stars are still enshrouded in dust but are visible to the Spitzer Space Telescope at infrared wavelengths.

[7] The cluster is of particular interest because it is located in the wing of the SMC leading to the Magellanic Bridge.

NGC 602c is a looser grouping 11 arc-minutes to the NE, which includes the WO star AB8.

[9] A number of other, more distant galaxies also appear in the background of the Hubble Space Telescope images of NGC 602, making for a "tantalizing"[12] and "grand"[13] view.