The stunning E.T. cluster can be easily located a few degrees northeast of &948;-Cassiopeiae (Ruchbach) and is best observed during late summer and early fall when it is directly overhead slightly after midnight. The two bright dominant member stars in the image above are &966;1-Cas (mag 5.1) and &966;2-Cas (mag 7.0). It is interesting that Messier somehow missed this beautiful open cluster during his compilation of the Messier catalog and which has been described as one of the top 110 finest NGC objects to observe.