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

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Wishing Well Cluster - NGC 3532, Jim DeLillo
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Wishing Well Cluster - NGC 3532

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NGC 3532 (also called the Wishing Well Cluster) is about 300 million years old and contains about 400 stars. It is located in the constellation Carina. Famed astronomer John Herschel observed multiple binary stars within the cluster when he observed the open star cluster in the 1830s

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Wishing Well Cluster - NGC 3532, Jim DeLillo