Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Carina (Car)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3532  ·  Wishing Well Cluster
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NGC 3532

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NGC 3532

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Description

NGC 3532 (Caldwell 91),also commonly known as the Pincushion Cluster, Football Cluster,the Black Arrow Cluster and the Wishing Well Cluster,is an open cluster some 405 parsecs from Earth in the constellation Carina. Its population of approximately 150 stars of 7th magnitude or fainter includes seven red giants and seven white dwarfs.
On 20 May 1990 it became the first target ever observed by the Hubble Space Telescope. 
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