Not polite to stare

By Bob Berman

Published October 20, 2024 at 9:35 AM EDT

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ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Koss, A, Barth

The constellation Cancer, which is out these nights near the Moon and the bright planet Jupiter, contains a smudgy object called the Beehive cluster, which was noted throughout history as a blob. Yet people with normal eyesight can gloriously split it into individual stars. Tune in to learn how.

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