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Open cluster NGC 457 in Cassiopeia

author: Jim Misti/Novapix

reference: a-aou04-57003

Image Size 300 DPI: 31 * 21 cm

NGC 457 contains nearly one hundred stars and is located 9900 light years from the Sun; it is also called the Owl Cluster, or the ET Cluster.

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2004 - ASTRONOMY - CASSIOPEIA - NGC 457 - OPEN CLUSTER - STAR - STAR CLUSTER -