| Position: | RA 00h 55m 20s Dec +57d 16m 53s |
| Size: | 32' |
| Brightest star: | GSC 3663 2449, 7.2 mag |
This asterism contains only 5 stars in an area of 30' x 15'.
It was included into this catalogue, because it looks very much like the constellation
in which it is located: Cassiopeia.
As Cassiopeia is also famous as "The skies W", the 5 stars were named "Little W".
Here are two finder-charts for the object (click to enlarge). It is easy to find being just 1 degree SW of Eta Cassiopeiae. You need a large field of view as it is larger than the full moon!
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Open cluster King 2 which requires very good atmospheric transparency. A faint glowing patch amongst stars - be careful and expect a very faint cluster appearing pretty much like a UGC-galaxy. Also check out: Abell 2 and NGC 281.
BACK(c) by Frank Leiter