Hi,

> the Big Dipper: Owl nebula. It's true that NGC 457 is a rather symmetrical
> open cluster, with two brighter stars that look like an owl's eyes.
>
> Did anybody else know this nickname for NGC 457 ?

diggin' into faint memory, I do believe I have read about it being called the
Owl cluster. Don't know where tough. I've also had it reffered to as E.T. :)

Arild :)

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