Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Musca (Mus)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4372  ·  The star γMus  ·  gam Mus
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NGC4372  Globular Cluster and Dark Nebula in Musca, Arnaud Peel
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NGC4372 Globular Cluster and Dark Nebula in Musca

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NGC4372 Globular Cluster and Dark Nebula in Musca

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With SADR association in Chile , with the 71mm Refractor :

-Luminance 44 subs, @120s (-20°C)

-RGB 20 subs @120s (-20°C)

NGC 4372 (also known as Caldwell 108) is a globular cluster in the southern constellation of Musca. It is southwest of γ Muscae (Gamma Muscae) and west of the southern end of the Dark Doodad Nebula (Sandqvist 149), a 3° thin streak of black across a southern section of the great plane of the Milky Way.

NGC 4372 "is partially obscured by dust lanes, but still appears as a large object some 10 arcseconds in diameter," according to Astronomy of the Milky Way (2004)

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