Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Crux (Cru)  ·  Contains:  Jewel Box  ·  NGC 4755  ·  The star κCru  ·  kappa Cru cluster
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Jewel Box Open Cluster, Colin
Jewel Box Open Cluster
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Jewel Box Open Cluster

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Jewel Box Open Cluster, Colin
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Jewel Box Open Cluster

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I've long wanted to shoot this with a longer focal length telescope than a fast refractor. The seeing was ordinary at 3"+ and I quickly discovered at 300s images were saturating the brighter stars so I dropped it back to 120s.

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Jewel Box Open Cluster, Colin