Hi all,
Working out observations I tracked down the little "stellar dot" I noticed just north of the center of the galaxy Messier 101. Scope used was my 12" SCT with a 17mm Nagler.
NED lists it as a cluster NGC 5457:[DBT2008] 0711 http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/...=0.73&corr_z=1, SIMBAD says it's a star AG+54 939 http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/si...&submit=submit. As the object appeared stellar to me, but not starlike (subtle difference, I know) I am tempted to go with "cluster".
Any thoughts, data, observations?
Victor