Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Crux (Cru)  ·  Contains:  Jewel Box  ·  NGC 4755  ·  The star κCru  ·  kappa Cru cluster
NGC 4755 ZWO ASI 1600mm, Ben S Klerk
NGC 4755 ZWO ASI 1600mm
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NGC 4755 ZWO ASI 1600mm

NGC 4755 ZWO ASI 1600mm, Ben S Klerk
NGC 4755 ZWO ASI 1600mm
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NGC 4755 ZWO ASI 1600mm

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The Jewel Box, is an open cluster in the constellation Crux (the southern Cross). This cluster is one of the youngest known, with an estimated age of 14 million years. It has a total integrated magnitude of 4.2, its about 6,440 light years from Earth, and contains just over 100 stars.

The cluster has many blue type stars but has 1 red supergiant star, with is about 600x bigger than out sun.

First object using my new mono camera!!!!

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NGC 4755 ZWO ASI 1600mm, Ben S Klerk

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