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Caroline's Rose
Featured on September 9, 2020
NGC 7789, a star cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia, is also known as Caroline's Rose. It was discovered by Caroline Herschel, in 1783, and its outline resembles a rose. The cluster is at least 6,500 light-years away and contains between 600 and 1,000 stars. [Hunter Wilson/Wikipedia]
