COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Record
Title:
Kemble's Cascade
Explanation:
A picturesque chain of unrelated stars is visible with strong binoculars towards the constellation [ http://www.astro.wi… ] of Camelopardalis [ http://www.astronom… ]. Known as Kemble's Cascade [ http://www.agt.net/… ], the asterism [ http://www.seds.org… ] contains about 20 stars [ http://antwrp.gsfc.… ] nearly in a row stretching over five times the width of a full moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.… ]. Made popular by astronomy enthusiast Lucian Kemble [ http://www.jps.net/… ] (1922-1999), these stars appear as a string only from our direction in the Milky Way Galaxy [ http://antwrp.gsfc.… ]. The above photograph [ http://www.starligh… ] of Kemble's Cascade [ http://www.jps.net/… ] was made with a small telescope in New Mexico [ http://antwrp.gsfc.… http://www.state.nm… ], USA [ http://www.odci.gov… ]. The bright object near the bottom left is the relatively compact open cluster [ http://antwrp.gsfc.… ] of stars known as NGC 1502 [ http://www.dibonsmi… ].
Credit and Copyright:
Walter MacDonald [ mailto:walter@starlightccd.com ]
keyword:
Stars
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Camelopardalis
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap000814
