Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Crux (Cru)  ·  Contains:  Herschel's Jewel Box  ·  NGC 4755  ·  The star κ Cru  ·  kappa Crucis Cluster
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Herschel's Jewel Box - NGC 4755, 



    
        

            Herbert Walter
Herschel's Jewel Box - NGC 4755
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Herschel's Jewel Box - NGC 4755

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Herschel's Jewel Box - NGC 4755, 



    
        

            Herbert Walter
Herschel's Jewel Box - NGC 4755
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Herschel's Jewel Box - NGC 4755

Acquisition details

Frames:
36×60(36′)
Integration:
36′

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 6887634

RA center: 12h53m06s.7

DEC center: -60°2118

Pixel scale: 1.236 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 357.458 degrees

Field radius: 0.434 degrees

Resolution: 2015x1522

File size: 2.2 MB

Locations: IAS - Internationale Amateur-Sternwarte, Hakos Farm, Namibia

Data source: Unknown

Description

This photo shows one of the most beautiful open star clusters of the southern sky  - NGC 4755.
It is an extremely brilliant and famous object when viewed through a binocular or a telescope.
The orange star is DU Crucis and a red supergiant, strongly contrasting with the other bright members which are blue supergiants. 
The counterpart in the northern sky ist the brilliant open star cluster NGC 457

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