Notes for sequence below: Kemble's Cascade includes stars approx mags 8 to 9, but you can still find its location by star-hopping if stars to mag 7 are visible. As the sequence shows, go twice the distance across Cassiopeia into the faint constellation Camelopardalis (clockwise from Cassiopeia around Polaris; here shown for March 1999). An arc of 3 stars leads towards a single star then a pair beyond. This is where Kemble's Cascade is, but it won't be visible unless you can see stars to approx. magnitude 9.

When the fainter stars ARE visible, the previously mentioned arc of three stars is near one end of the string of stars, the single star is in the middle of the string, and the pair beyond are at the other end. Open cluster NGC 1502 is also at that end. (If Cassiopeia is west of Polaris the cascade flows "upward" into NGC1502; if Cassiopeia is east of Polaris, then the Cascade flows "downward" into that open cluster like a sparkling pool at the bottom of the Cascade.) The sequence below repeats so you can study it more if you wish. Reload image or page if the sequence has stopped.
mail    (If you prefer a non-animated graphic, an alternate star-hop chart is here)