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<\/figure>\n\n1. The Double Cluster<\/strong><\/h5>\n\nRecommended equipment: 10×50<\/strong><\/strong>
Half-way between mag. 2.6 Ruchbah (Delta (d) Cassiopeiae) and mag. +2.9 Gamma (\u03b3) Cassiopeiae you will find a close pair of open clusters. In a rural sky, you can see them with your naked eye as a distinctly elongated smudge of light, but binoculars will reveal two little concentrations of stars. Those stars are intrinsically extremely bright: if the Sun was there, it would be too faint for you to see it in binoculars!<\/p>\n\n2. Melotte 15<\/strong><\/h5>\n\nRecommended equipment: 10×50<\/strong><\/strong>
If you imagine that mag. +3.3 Segin (Epsilon (\u03b5) Cassiopeiae) and mag. +4.6 Iota (\u03b9) Cassiopeiae are two corners of an equilateral triangle, Melotte 15 is the third corner. In 10×50 binoculars, you\u2019ll see a large (20-arcminute) glow with a handful of brighter stars forming a V shape. If you have a UHC filter to hold over an eyepiece, you might see the nebulosity (IC1805, the Heart Nebula) that surrounds, and gave birth to, the cluster.<\/p>\n\n3. Markarian 6<\/strong><\/h5>\n\nRecommended equipment: 15×70<\/strong><\/strong>
Markarian 6 lies slightly less than 1\u00b0 to the south-southwest of Mel 15. It\u2019s quite easy to miss, so we use larger binoculars. What you should see is an arrow of half a dozen ninth-magnitude stars pointing southwards. Owing to its faintness compared to Mel 15, you might assume it is much further away, but at 1,600 lightyears it is actually just under a quarter of the distance.<\/p>\n\n4. Pazmino\u2019s Cluster<\/strong><\/h5>\n\nRecommended equipment: 10×50<\/strong><\/strong>
If you pan slightly more than 1.5\u00b0 due west from mag. +4.3 CS Camelopardalis, you will find an unremarkable little trapezium of seventh and eigth-magnitude stars. This is Stock 23, also known as Pazmino\u2019s Cluster. Your binoculars should reveal that this is much more than a trapezium and you may be able to resolve about half a dozen stars against a faintly glowing patch of sky about 10 arcminutes in diameter. <\/p>\n\n5. Kemble\u2019s Cascade<\/strong><\/h5>\n\nRecommended equipment: 10×50<\/strong><\/strong>
On spring evenings, Kemble\u2019s Cascade is near-horizontal in the sky, so this line of eighth-magnitude stars, with a brighter fifth-magnitude one in the middle, looks more like a wristwatch or bracelet opened out against the sky than a tumbling cascade. To find it, extend a line from mag. +2.3 Caph (Beta (\u03b2) Cassiopeiae) to Segin the same distance to the central bright star.<\/p>\n\n6. Beta Cam<\/strong><\/h5>\n\nRecommended equipment: 10×50 <\/strong>
You can see mag. +4.0 Beta (\u03b2) Camelopardalis with the naked eye, and its mag. +7.4 companion, which lies 84 arcseconds southwest is easy to distinguish, even in small binoculars. Beta Cam is a yellow supergiant in transition between being a hot new blue star and a much cooler red supergiant. It sometimes flashes, probably due to the equivalent of huge solar flares.<\/p>\n\n
Half-way between mag. 2.6 Ruchbah (Delta (d) Cassiopeiae) and mag. +2.9 Gamma (\u03b3) Cassiopeiae you will find a close pair of open clusters. In a rural sky, you can see them with your naked eye as a distinctly elongated smudge of light, but binoculars will reveal two little concentrations of stars. Those stars are intrinsically extremely bright: if the Sun was there, it would be too faint for you to see it in binoculars!<\/p>\n\n
2. Melotte 15<\/strong><\/h5>\n\nRecommended equipment: 10×50<\/strong><\/strong>
If you imagine that mag. +3.3 Segin (Epsilon (\u03b5) Cassiopeiae) and mag. +4.6 Iota (\u03b9) Cassiopeiae are two corners of an equilateral triangle, Melotte 15 is the third corner. In 10×50 binoculars, you\u2019ll see a large (20-arcminute) glow with a handful of brighter stars forming a V shape. If you have a UHC filter to hold over an eyepiece, you might see the nebulosity (IC1805, the Heart Nebula) that surrounds, and gave birth to, the cluster.<\/p>\n\n3. Markarian 6<\/strong><\/h5>\n\nRecommended equipment: 15×70<\/strong><\/strong>
Markarian 6 lies slightly less than 1\u00b0 to the south-southwest of Mel 15. It\u2019s quite easy to miss, so we use larger binoculars. What you should see is an arrow of half a dozen ninth-magnitude stars pointing southwards. Owing to its faintness compared to Mel 15, you might assume it is much further away, but at 1,600 lightyears it is actually just under a quarter of the distance.<\/p>\n\n4. Pazmino\u2019s Cluster<\/strong><\/h5>\n\nRecommended equipment: 10×50<\/strong><\/strong>
If you pan slightly more than 1.5\u00b0 due west from mag. +4.3 CS Camelopardalis, you will find an unremarkable little trapezium of seventh and eigth-magnitude stars. This is Stock 23, also known as Pazmino\u2019s Cluster. Your binoculars should reveal that this is much more than a trapezium and you may be able to resolve about half a dozen stars against a faintly glowing patch of sky about 10 arcminutes in diameter. <\/p>\n\n5. Kemble\u2019s Cascade<\/strong><\/h5>\n\nRecommended equipment: 10×50<\/strong><\/strong>
On spring evenings, Kemble\u2019s Cascade is near-horizontal in the sky, so this line of eighth-magnitude stars, with a brighter fifth-magnitude one in the middle, looks more like a wristwatch or bracelet opened out against the sky than a tumbling cascade. To find it, extend a line from mag. +2.3 Caph (Beta (\u03b2) Cassiopeiae) to Segin the same distance to the central bright star.<\/p>\n\n6. Beta Cam<\/strong><\/h5>\n\nRecommended equipment: 10×50 <\/strong>
You can see mag. +4.0 Beta (\u03b2) Camelopardalis with the naked eye, and its mag. +7.4 companion, which lies 84 arcseconds southwest is easy to distinguish, even in small binoculars. Beta Cam is a yellow supergiant in transition between being a hot new blue star and a much cooler red supergiant. It sometimes flashes, probably due to the equivalent of huge solar flares.<\/p>\n\n
If you imagine that mag. +3.3 Segin (Epsilon (\u03b5) Cassiopeiae) and mag. +4.6 Iota (\u03b9) Cassiopeiae are two corners of an equilateral triangle, Melotte 15 is the third corner. In 10×50 binoculars, you\u2019ll see a large (20-arcminute) glow with a handful of brighter stars forming a V shape. If you have a UHC filter to hold over an eyepiece, you might see the nebulosity (IC1805, the Heart Nebula) that surrounds, and gave birth to, the cluster.<\/p>\n\n
3. Markarian 6<\/strong><\/h5>\n\nRecommended equipment: 15×70<\/strong><\/strong>
Markarian 6 lies slightly less than 1\u00b0 to the south-southwest of Mel 15. It\u2019s quite easy to miss, so we use larger binoculars. What you should see is an arrow of half a dozen ninth-magnitude stars pointing southwards. Owing to its faintness compared to Mel 15, you might assume it is much further away, but at 1,600 lightyears it is actually just under a quarter of the distance.<\/p>\n\n4. Pazmino\u2019s Cluster<\/strong><\/h5>\n\nRecommended equipment: 10×50<\/strong><\/strong>
If you pan slightly more than 1.5\u00b0 due west from mag. +4.3 CS Camelopardalis, you will find an unremarkable little trapezium of seventh and eigth-magnitude stars. This is Stock 23, also known as Pazmino\u2019s Cluster. Your binoculars should reveal that this is much more than a trapezium and you may be able to resolve about half a dozen stars against a faintly glowing patch of sky about 10 arcminutes in diameter. <\/p>\n\n5. Kemble\u2019s Cascade<\/strong><\/h5>\n\nRecommended equipment: 10×50<\/strong><\/strong>
On spring evenings, Kemble\u2019s Cascade is near-horizontal in the sky, so this line of eighth-magnitude stars, with a brighter fifth-magnitude one in the middle, looks more like a wristwatch or bracelet opened out against the sky than a tumbling cascade. To find it, extend a line from mag. +2.3 Caph (Beta (\u03b2) Cassiopeiae) to Segin the same distance to the central bright star.<\/p>\n\n6. Beta Cam<\/strong><\/h5>\n\nRecommended equipment: 10×50 <\/strong>
You can see mag. +4.0 Beta (\u03b2) Camelopardalis with the naked eye, and its mag. +7.4 companion, which lies 84 arcseconds southwest is easy to distinguish, even in small binoculars. Beta Cam is a yellow supergiant in transition between being a hot new blue star and a much cooler red supergiant. It sometimes flashes, probably due to the equivalent of huge solar flares.<\/p>\n\n
Markarian 6 lies slightly less than 1\u00b0 to the south-southwest of Mel 15. It\u2019s quite easy to miss, so we use larger binoculars. What you should see is an arrow of half a dozen ninth-magnitude stars pointing southwards. Owing to its faintness compared to Mel 15, you might assume it is much further away, but at 1,600 lightyears it is actually just under a quarter of the distance.<\/p>\n\n
4. Pazmino\u2019s Cluster<\/strong><\/h5>\n\nRecommended equipment: 10×50<\/strong><\/strong>
If you pan slightly more than 1.5\u00b0 due west from mag. +4.3 CS Camelopardalis, you will find an unremarkable little trapezium of seventh and eigth-magnitude stars. This is Stock 23, also known as Pazmino\u2019s Cluster. Your binoculars should reveal that this is much more than a trapezium and you may be able to resolve about half a dozen stars against a faintly glowing patch of sky about 10 arcminutes in diameter. <\/p>\n\n5. Kemble\u2019s Cascade<\/strong><\/h5>\n\nRecommended equipment: 10×50<\/strong><\/strong>
On spring evenings, Kemble\u2019s Cascade is near-horizontal in the sky, so this line of eighth-magnitude stars, with a brighter fifth-magnitude one in the middle, looks more like a wristwatch or bracelet opened out against the sky than a tumbling cascade. To find it, extend a line from mag. +2.3 Caph (Beta (\u03b2) Cassiopeiae) to Segin the same distance to the central bright star.<\/p>\n\n6. Beta Cam<\/strong><\/h5>\n\nRecommended equipment: 10×50 <\/strong>
You can see mag. +4.0 Beta (\u03b2) Camelopardalis with the naked eye, and its mag. +7.4 companion, which lies 84 arcseconds southwest is easy to distinguish, even in small binoculars. Beta Cam is a yellow supergiant in transition between being a hot new blue star and a much cooler red supergiant. It sometimes flashes, probably due to the equivalent of huge solar flares.<\/p>\n\n
If you pan slightly more than 1.5\u00b0 due west from mag. +4.3 CS Camelopardalis, you will find an unremarkable little trapezium of seventh and eigth-magnitude stars. This is Stock 23, also known as Pazmino\u2019s Cluster. Your binoculars should reveal that this is much more than a trapezium and you may be able to resolve about half a dozen stars against a faintly glowing patch of sky about 10 arcminutes in diameter. <\/p>\n\n
5. Kemble\u2019s Cascade<\/strong><\/h5>\n\nRecommended equipment: 10×50<\/strong><\/strong>
On spring evenings, Kemble\u2019s Cascade is near-horizontal in the sky, so this line of eighth-magnitude stars, with a brighter fifth-magnitude one in the middle, looks more like a wristwatch or bracelet opened out against the sky than a tumbling cascade. To find it, extend a line from mag. +2.3 Caph (Beta (\u03b2) Cassiopeiae) to Segin the same distance to the central bright star.<\/p>\n\n6. Beta Cam<\/strong><\/h5>\n\nRecommended equipment: 10×50 <\/strong>
You can see mag. +4.0 Beta (\u03b2) Camelopardalis with the naked eye, and its mag. +7.4 companion, which lies 84 arcseconds southwest is easy to distinguish, even in small binoculars. Beta Cam is a yellow supergiant in transition between being a hot new blue star and a much cooler red supergiant. It sometimes flashes, probably due to the equivalent of huge solar flares.<\/p>\n\n
On spring evenings, Kemble\u2019s Cascade is near-horizontal in the sky, so this line of eighth-magnitude stars, with a brighter fifth-magnitude one in the middle, looks more like a wristwatch or bracelet opened out against the sky than a tumbling cascade. To find it, extend a line from mag. +2.3 Caph (Beta (\u03b2) Cassiopeiae) to Segin the same distance to the central bright star.<\/p>\n\n
6. Beta Cam<\/strong><\/h5>\n\nRecommended equipment: 10×50 <\/strong>
You can see mag. +4.0 Beta (\u03b2) Camelopardalis with the naked eye, and its mag. +7.4 companion, which lies 84 arcseconds southwest is easy to distinguish, even in small binoculars. Beta Cam is a yellow supergiant in transition between being a hot new blue star and a much cooler red supergiant. It sometimes flashes, probably due to the equivalent of huge solar flares.<\/p>\n\n
You can see mag. +4.0 Beta (\u03b2) Camelopardalis with the naked eye, and its mag. +7.4 companion, which lies 84 arcseconds southwest is easy to distinguish, even in small binoculars. Beta Cam is a yellow supergiant in transition between being a hot new blue star and a much cooler red supergiant. It sometimes flashes, probably due to the equivalent of huge solar flares.<\/p>\n\n