Night Thirtyone - Messier 34, The Spiral Cluster

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Shot from the driveway, this is Messier 34 an open cluster in Perseus. It was probably discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654 and included by Charles Messier in his catalog of comet-like objects in 1764. Messier described it as, "A cluster of small stars a little below the parallel of γ (Andromedae).

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