Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Carina (Car)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3532  ·  The star x Car  ·  Wishing Well Cluster  ·  x Car
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NGC 3532 The Wishing Well Cluster in HaLRGB, Capturing Ancient Photons
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NGC 3532 The Wishing Well Cluster in HaLRGB

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NGC 3532 The Wishing Well Cluster in HaLRGB, Capturing Ancient Photons
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NGC 3532 The Wishing Well Cluster in HaLRGB

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NGC 3532 or more commonly known as the Pincushion Cluster or Wishing Well Cluster is a bright open cluster of approximately 150 stars of magnitude 7 or fainter in the constellation  Carina some 1300 light-years away from Earth. NGC 3532 covers an area of the sky that is almost twice the size of the full Moon. The background sky here in a rich part of the Milky Way is very crowded with stars. Some glowing red gas is also apparent, as well as subtle lanes of dust that block the view of more distant stars.

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