5 Easiest Deep Sky Objects To See With Small Telescopes

3. Double Cluster (NGC 884 and NGC 869) in Perseus

7500 light years.

Magnitude 3.7 and 3.8

Open clusters NGC 884 and NGC 869 form the Double Cluster in constellation Perseus. It can be viewed as a bright and sparkling cluster of stars of vivid colors in the night sky. Each cluster consists of about 300 stars of extreme brightness.

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