Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  NGC 869  ·  NGC 884  ·  The star 7Per  ·  The star 8Per  ·  The star 9Per  ·  chi Persei Cluster  ·  h Persei Cluster
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NGC 884 & 869, Double Cluster in Perseus (2020), Mark Germani
NGC 884 & 869, Double Cluster in Perseus (2020)
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NGC 884 & 869, Double Cluster in Perseus (2020)

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NGC 884 & 869, Double Cluster in Perseus (2020), Mark Germani
NGC 884 & 869, Double Cluster in Perseus (2020)
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NGC 884 & 869, Double Cluster in Perseus (2020)

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This is one of the targets I've been trying to show my daughter for her RASC Explore the Universe program, but it's very hard to find in our Bortle 8 skies. It's not as pretty as a nebula or galaxy, but it was enjoyable to image. It will be nice trying this again one day with an apochromatic refractor.

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NGC 884 & 869, Double Cluster in Perseus (2020), Mark Germani

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