Let $X$ be a compact Hausdorff space, and $C(X)$ the unital commutative C*-algebra of continuous functions on it. The double Banach dual $C(X)^{**}$ is a commutative von Neumann algebra and hence has a compact Hausdorff space $X^{**}$ as Gelfand spectrum again. What is $X^{**}$, in terms of $X$?
This gives an (idempotent?) endofunctor (monad?) on the category of compact Hausdorff spaces, that I don't recognize as any of the usual ones like Stone-Cech. What completion is it? Is it related to the functor taking a compact Hausdorff space to the $\sigma$-algebra generated by its opens?
Accounts of enveloping von Neumann algebras of (commutative) C*-algebras in terms of double Banach duals seem hard to find in the literature, and any references are welcome. What is the von Neumann algebra $C(X)^{**}$, in the first place?