Double Cluster

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Double Cluster
This has to be the best cluster(s) visible from U.K. latitudes, better than Pleiades because it is richer and does not need such a wide field of view. Great object to get friends hooked. Some people are surprised/annoyed that it's not a Messier object, but the well known English astronomer Patrick Moore has drawn up a list called the Caldwell Catalogue for bright non-Messier objects such as this in both hemispheres. The Double Cluster is designated C14 which makes things a lot easier, so let's hope this list comes into general use.

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Double Cluster
The most beautiful of all deep-sky objects in the city because it shows so many stars.I found several "imposter" clusters and thought they were the double cluster and then all of a sudden WHAM!Now I KNOW WITHOUT 100% A DOUBT I HAVE SEEN IT.What else contains a bizillion stars and all bizillion can be seen in a 60mm refractor!?!?

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