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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                  2023 January 3   
         The featured image shows a line of bright stars strewn diagonally   
         across a starfield of more dim stars. A cluster of stars is also   
      visible near the top left of the image. Please see the explanation for   
                            more detailed information.   
      
                             Kemble's Cascade of Stars   
                       Image Credit & Copyright: Tommy Lease   
      
      Explanation: This line of stars is real. A little too faint to see with   
      the unaided eye, Kemble's Cascade of stars inspires awe when seen with   
      binoculars. Like the Big Dipper though, Kemble's Cascade is an   
      asterism, not a constellation. The asterism is visible in the northern   
      sky toward the long-necked constellation of the Giraffe   
      (Camelopardalis). This string of about 20 unrelated stars, each of   
      similar brightness, spans over five times the angular width of the full   
      moon. Stretching diagonally from the upper left to the lower right,   
      Kemble's Cascade was popularized last century by astronomy enthusiast   
      Lucian Kemble. The bright object near the top left of the image is the   
      relatively compact Jolly Roger open cluster of stars, officially   
      designated as NGC 1502.   
      
                         Tomorrow's picture: big appetite   
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