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NGC 4755 · Open cluster · Crux

Herschel's Jewel Box

Also known as C 94 · kappa Crucis Cluster

Shot with Seestar S50 ×2 · Celestron RASA 8 ×1

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Type

Open cluster

Constellation

Crux

Position (J2000)

12h 53m 37s · −60° 21′ 23″

Discovered

by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1751

Pictures

3

Typical integration

1.6 h

Size

7.8′

Distance

~6,400 ly

Best months

Mar–May

Low from the north

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