Faint smudges represent combined light from thousands of distant stars
Earlier this month, we looked at Andromeda, who as part of the Greek myth, was chained to a rock for the sea monster Cetus to devour but was rescued by the hero Perseus.
This week we shift our attention to the constellation of Perseus, and specifically to a deep-sky object that can be seen under good conditions with the naked eye. The Double Cluster is a pair of adjacent star clusters that sit to the north of the main constellation.
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