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[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

I found this nice target at Universe Today and thought I would share it with you all...

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Monday, February 7 - Tonight let's start with a wonderful binocular or low power richfield telescope object. Located just east of the Cassiopeia border into Camelopardalis is a beautiful chain of around 20 colorful stars that stretch over five moon widths across the sky.

This delightful asterism of stellar jewels was made popular by amateur astronomer Lucian Kemble, and are known in his memory as "Kemble's Cascade". Although the stars are really not related to one another, they create an outstandingly picturesque image with the stars in a line and tiny open cluster NGC 1502 connected to the end.

More here at Universe Today: www.universetoday.com/am/publish/whatsup_feb7_2005.html?722005

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I have never targeted this asterism, and it looks like a nice one to catch. I will be doing this one soon.

I enjoy this newer events feature on the Universe Today endeavor. A great daily site for to the minute space/astronomy news.

[timothy]

Joe
I did see Kembles Cascade with my 16-50 binoculars. It's really pretty cool and the name fits perfectly. I'll have to check it out with my telescope so I can get into ngc1502.