NGC 3532
Image taken with the MPG / ESO 2.2 m telescope | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Keel of the ship |
Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 11 h 05 m 47.8 s |
declination | -58 ° 46 ′ 14 ″ |
Appearance
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classification | II1m |
Brightness (visual) | 3.0 likes |
Brightness (B-band) | 3.2 mag |
Angular expansion | 50.0 ' |
Physical data
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Affiliation | Milky Way |
distance | 1600 ly (486 pc ) |
history | |
Discovered by | Nicolas Louis de Lacaille |
Discovery time | 1751 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3532 • C 1104-584 • OCl 839 • Mel 103 • Cr 238 • Dun 323 • Lund 574 • ESO 128-SC31 • GC 2308 • h 3315 • Raab 88, Caldwell 91 |
NGC 3532 is an open star cluster in the constellation Carina and is approximately 1500 light years from Earth. This cluster of stars is around 300 million years old. It was discovered by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1751 and cataloged in 1755. NGC 3532 has an angular diameter of just under one degree and an apparent magnitude of 3.0 mag.
A section of NGC 3532 was the target for the first light of the Hubble space telescope .
Web links
Commons : NGC 3532 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- ESO: A colorful gathering of middle-aged stars including photos, maps and animations
- Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [1] [2] [3]