KEMBLE 2 Asterism

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The Kemble 2 asterism is located in the constellation Draco and resembles a miniature W-shaped Cassiopeia constellation. There are six relatively bright stars listed here in order of decreasing magnitude:

• HD 172922, V 6.79, K2
• HD 172783, V 7.37, K0
• HD 172611, V 7.49, K0
• BD+72 853, V 8.34, K2
• HD 173127, V 8.55, G5
• BD+72 854, V 8.72, K5

This field of stars shown below has few mentions in the literature. A few paragraphs can be found in Reference 1, and a photo in Reference 2 below:

1. "Betwixt the Bears", Sue French, Sky & Telescope, Vol. 128(1), July 2014, pp. 56-57.
2. "Pen and Pixel: Kemble 2", John Mirtle, Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Vol. 105(1), February 2011, p. 22. Note that the asterism is in the constellation Draco and not Cassiopeia as mentioned in the figure's caption.

Objects to find in the star field around Kemble 2 include the following:

Spectroscopic Binaries

1. TYC 4438-0627-1, V 11.13
2. TYC 4438-0831-1, V 11.81
3. TYC 4438-0899-1, V 10.42

Eclipsing Binaries

1. GAIA 1* = GAIA DR3 2266251936257219584

Variable Stars

1. BY Dra, R 8.04-8.48 V, P 3.813 days (no AAVSO observations listed)
2. TYC 4438-1104-1, V 10.85 (long-period variable not in the AAVSO database)

Galaxies

1. GAIA DR3 2266767635745170048
2. GAIA DR3 2266840272232119296
3. GAIA DR3 2265851164268680448
4. GAIA DR3 2266171568829864064
5. GAIA DR3 2266183526018866048
6. GAIA DR3 2266189538972398592
7. GAIA DR3 2266195036530427904
8. GAIA DR3 2266200602808842880
9. GAIA DR3 2266223417674463872
10. GAIA DR3 2266235065626408320
11. GAIA DR3 2266280970236314752
12. LEDA 2746758
13. LEDA 2747021
14. LEDA 2747798
15. LEDA 2747952
16. LEDA 2748859
17. LEDA 2749763
18. LEDA 2750164
19. LEDA 2750420
20. LEDA 2751630
21. LEDA 2751916
22. LEDA 2752291