Object 168: A Very Good Looking Scientific Footnote

Object 168: A Very Good Looking Scientific Footnote

From George's Random Astronomical Object by George Bendo

February 2, 2026 · 8 min

About this episode

This episode discusses the open cluster Messier 103 and its visibility through amateur telescopes.

While not many professional astronomers have spent much time looking at the open cluster Messier 103, it is still a spectacular object to see in an amateur astronomy telescope.

People in this episode

Host: George Bendo

Topics covered

  • open cluster
  • Messier 103
  • amateur astronomy
  • telescope observation
  • astronomy

Keywords

  • Messier 103
  • open cluster
  • amateur astronomy
  • telescope
  • astronomy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Messier 103

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