This week’s naked-eye/binocular object is the Stinging Scorpion, an open cluster also known as NGC 2451. It lies in the constellation Puppis the Stern, which lies to the east and south of Canis Major ...
This week’s first small-telescope target is open cluster NGC 956 in Andromeda. You’ll find it 5.7° east-northeast of magnitude 2.2 Almach (Gamma [γ] Andromedae). NGC 956 shines at magnitude 8.9 and ...