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Sitting almost directly below the Pole Star this month, Cassiopeia really does look like a W. We explore its wonders.

Sitting almost directly below the Pole Star this month, Cassiopeia really does look like a W. We explore its wonders.

Sitting almost directly below the Pole Star this month, Cassiopeia really does look like a W. We explore its wonders.

Sitting almost directly below the Pole Star this month, Cassiopeia really does look like a W. We explore its wonders.

Sitting almost directly below the Pole Star this month, Cassiopeia really does look like a W. We explore its wonders.

Sitting almost directly below the Pole Star this month, Cassiopeia really does look like a W. We explore its wonders.

The idea of stargazing may invoke sterile images of nerds hunched over telescopes fiddling with focusers and finders, but the joy of a dark night sky is

Cassiopeia the Queen is an easy-to-find constellation. It has the shape of a W or M. Look in the northwest on evenings in late winter and early spring.

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Check out the most beautiful star clusters in the winter night sky.