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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