The Jewel Box NGC4755 (Wes Smith)

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

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The Jewel Box NGC4755

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The Jewel Box NGC4755

Nestled evenly between Becrucis and The Coal sack is one of the highlights of the Deep southern Milky Way. I struggled with the flair from bright stars through this refractor. A continued journey of self improvement .... Check out Dy Crucis Just above BeCrucis, It's the easiest Carbon star in the sky to find. Its blood red hue against Becrucis's blue is striking .
When he named it Sir John Herschel described this beautiful Open star cluster as..

"a gorgeous piece of fancy jewellery“The central star (extremely red) and a most vivid and beautiful cluster of from 50 to 100 stars. Among the larger there are one or two evidently greenish [stars.]; south of the red star is one 13th magnitude [Argenlander magnitudes], also red; and near its one 12th magnitude, bluish… The same red star taken. Several others laid down, of different shades of green.”
See here for an account of its history .
https://www.southastrodel.com/Page004.htm

Awe and Wonder Folks.

Objects of the South - negative declination only
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