Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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@starli ghtccd.com ]
keyword:
Stars
keyword:
asterism
facet_where:
Milky Way Galaxy
facet_where:
New Mexico
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Camelopardalis
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap000814

Kemble's Cascade
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