Cassiopeia (pronounced kass ee oh pee’ uh ... lies 7,900 light-years away from us. An 8-inch Orion f/3.9 Newtonian astrograph with an attached coma corrector was used to capture NGC 457.

People in the northern hemisphere will be able to see Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars during the planetary parade. The next full moon will happen on Feb. 12. Known as the ...