Target Type R. A. Dec. Constellation Magnitude Size Kemble’s Cascade Spiral Galaxy 03h 59m 03s +62° 54′ 00″ Camelopardalis n/a 150 x 15arcmins Overview We’re starting our December 2021 challenges with a pretty little asterism. On the face of it, Kemble’s Cascade sounds quite plain. The asterism is a straight line! But that doesn’t tell […]
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Target Type R. A. Dec. Constellation Magnitude Size C7 (NGC 2403) Spiral Galaxy 07h 36m 51s +65° 36′ 09″ Camelopardalis +8.3 20×10 arcmin Overview William Herschel discovered this little gem of a galaxy way back in November 1788. This is a large, bright object – especially for a galaxy – and it’s hiding in Camelopardalis,
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Target Type R. A. Dec. Constellation Magnitude Size Caldwell 5 (IC 342) Spiral Galaxy 03h 46m 49s +68° 05′ 46″ Camelopardalis +8.5 19.8 x 18.8 arcmins Overview Make no mistake, this is a challenging object to find! You might look at the table above, see that it shines at magnitude 8.5, and think “that’s quite
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Target Type R. A. Dec. Constellation Magnitude Size Caldwell 5 (IC 342) Spiral Galaxy 03h 46m 49s +68° 05′ 46″ Camelopardalis +8.5 19.8 x 18.8 arcmins Overview Make no mistake, this is a challenging object to find! You might look at the table above, see that it shines at magnitude 8.5, and think “that’s quite
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Target Type R. A. Dec. Constellation Magnitude Size Caldwell 5 (IC 342) Spiral Galaxy 03h 46m 49s +68° 05′ 46″ Camelopardalis +8.5 19.8 x 18.8 arcmins Overview Make no mistake, this is a challenging object to find! You might look at the table above, see that it shines at magnitude 8.5, and think “that’s quite
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Target Type R. A. Dec. Constellation Magnitude Size NGC 1501 Planetary Nebula 04h 07m 13s +60° 55′ 03″ Camelopardalis +11.9 0.9×0.8 arcmins Overview This planetary nebula is very much in the same neck of the woods as the Kemble’s Cascade asterism (featured last month) and the open cluster NGC 1502, which is this month’s first
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Target Type R. A. Dec. Constellation Magnitude Size NGC 1502 Open Cluster 04h 07m 50s +62° 19′ 00″ Camelopardalis +6.9 8.0 arcmins Overview We’re starting 2022 with a bright open cluster inside the largely unexciting constellation of Camelopardalis. We find it at the southeastern end of Kemble’s Cascade, which is the asterism we studied last
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Target Type R. A. Dec. Constellation Magnitude Size Kemble’s Cascade Spiral Galaxy 03h 59m 03s +62° 54′ 00″ Camelopardalis n/a 150 x 15arcmins Overview We’re starting our December 2021 challenges with a pretty little asterism. On the face of it, Kemble’s Cascade sounds quite plain. The asterism is a straight line! But that doesn’t tell
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Target Type R. A. Dec. Constellation Magnitude Size Caldwell 5 (IC 342) Spiral Galaxy 03h 46m 49s +68° 05′ 46″ Camelopardalis +8.5 19.8 x 18.8 arcmins Overview Make no mistake, this is a challenging object to find! You might look at the table above, see that it shines at magnitude 8.5, and think “that’s quite
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