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At most research telescopes, the physical size of CCDs currently still restricts the accessible field-of-view. However, for galactic as well as extragalactic work a field significantly larger than the typical 15′ is needed to study objects with large angular extent. In particular, this is desirable for objects that are well studied in other wavelength regimes such as the radio or FIR. High quality surface photometry of structures ≥ 40′ can be obtained by using CCDs with telescopes of short focal lengths.

At most research telescopes, the physical size of CCDs currently still restricts the accessible field of-view. However, for galactic as well as extragalactic work a field significantly larger than the typical 15’ is needed to study objects with large angular extent. In particular, this is desirable for objects that are well studied in other wavelength regimes such as the radio or FIR. High quality surface photometry of structures ≥ 40’ can be obtained by using CCDs with telescopes of short focal lengths.

New CCD photometry of the faint, compact star cluster IC 1257 (L = 17? = +/- 15?obtained with the Palomar 5m telescope, reveals that it is a highly reddened globular cluster well beyond the Galactic center.