NGC 457

This is one of those rare clusters that look like it's popular name, the ET or Owl cluster. In our group it'd known as Lesley's or the Chicken cluster, and it's beautiful. Below it and to the left, on this photograph, in which north is at the bottom, is a smaller cluster, NGC 436.
Taken from Austerfield with an M25C camera in the WO98FLT. The exposure was 30x60sec, unguided. Acquired and pre-processed in AstroArt and finished off in Photoshop. No sharpening, but some GradX help.

A larger version

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