NGC 3766 · Open cluster · Centaurus

Pearl Cluster

Also known as C 97

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Type

Open cluster

Constellation

Centaurus

Position (J2000)

11h 36m 14s · −61° 36′ 19″

Discovered

by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1751

Pictures

1

Magnitude

5.3

visual

Size

6.9′

Distance

~5,300 ly

Best months

Feb–Apr

Low from the north

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