Nicholas Louis De Lacaille

NGC 2516: The Southern Beehive

Many star clusters observable with the naked eye rest in the sky today. One such open cluster idling south of the celestial equator is NGC 2516. The young age cluster NGC 2516 can be found within the Southern Hemisphere’s Carina constellation. Originally discovered by the 1751 French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille while on the African Cape […]

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NGC 4755 – The Jewel Box Cluster

NGC 4755, also known as “The Jewel Box” cluster, is a young, open star cluster in the Constellation Crux located in the southern sky. NGC 4755 is approximately 6,440 lightyears from earth, with a Right Ascension of 12h53m39.499s and Declination of -60d22m15.6s. Its estimated age is approximately 14 million years and was originally discovered by Nicholas […]

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