Deep-Sky Dreams: The Owl Cluster

The world is overflowing with crazily-named deep-sky objects. However, I am guilty of one such naming, many years ago, in Astronomy and Deep Sky magazines — the Owl Cluster, NGC 457, in Cassiopeia.  This object was discovered by William Herschel on August 18, 1780. When I first looked at this cluster with my Celestron 8,Continue reading “Deep-Sky Dreams: The Owl Cluster”
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