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Kemble's Cascade
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06.12.2004 00:15
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Kemble's Cascade
Explanation: A picturesque chain of unrelated stars is visible with strong binoculars towards the
constellation
of
Camelopardalis
. Known as
Kemble's Cascade
, the
asterism
contains about 20
stars
nearly in a row stretching over five times the width of a
full moon
. Made popular by astronomy enthusiast
Lucian Kemble
(1922-1999), these stars appear as a string only from our direction in the
Milky Way Galaxy
. The
above photograph
of
Kemble's Cascade
was made with a small telescope in
New Mexico
,
USA
. The bright object near the bottom left is the relatively compact
open cluster
of stars known as
NGC 1502
.
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