The double cluster in Perseus

I had a bit of trouble aligning the ETX tonight. First shot was with Shedir and Capella and it failed. I tried again and it was ok. Probably just took too long the first time. M34 was a nice tight cluster but I didn't see anything of M76. I was able to split beta cam, a wide double with about 80" separation. I 'found' this one by going to the double star menu item and then looking for a double in a familiar constellation. Beta Cam did the trick and I almost missed it but noticed that there was a very faint companion next to the brightest star in Camelopardelus. The best was the double cluster NGC869 and 884 in Perseus. There was a pretty arc of about 6 stars pointing to the middle of the two clusters. Algol looked to be at it's normal brightness. Several stars in Perseus were naked eye visible so this was a pretty good night for observing. I quit early to watch the election returns. Looks like happy days are here again! Yay!