Open cluster · Carina

NGC 3293

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Type

Open cluster

Constellation

Carina

Position (J2000)

10h 35m 49s · −58° 13′ 28″

Discovered

by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1751

Pictures

1

Magnitude

4.7

visual

Size

5.1′

Distance

~8,100 ly

Best months

Jan–Mar

Low from the north

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.