NGC 3532

Coordinates: Sky map 11h 05m 12s, −58° 44′ 1″
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Distance
1,321[2] ly (405 pc)
Physical characteristics
Other designationsNGC 3532,[1] Caldwell 91, Cr 238, Mel 103, C 1104-584, Cl* 1104-584, CL 1104-584, Lacaille II.10,[3] Football Cluster, Wishing Well Cluster[4][5][6][7]
Associations
ConstellationCarina
See also: Open cluster, List of open clusters

NGC 3532 (

False Cross" asterism. The 4th-magnitude Cepheid variable star x Carinae (V382 Car) appears near the southeast fringes, but it lies between the Sun
and the cluster and is not a member of the cluster.

The cluster was first catalogued by

Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1752.[18] It was admired by John Herschel, who thought it one of the finest star clusters in the sky,[3][19] with many double stars (binary stars).[20]

Hubble first light

This is the first light image for the Wide Field and Planetary Camera of the Hubble Space Telescope, taken in May 1990; this view is near star HD96755 in the open cluster NGC 3532.[21] This view is 11 by 14 arcseconds of the sky.[21]
LORRI instrument and captured on December 5, 2017, broke the record for an image taken at the greatest distance from Earth, surpassing Pale Blue Dot taken by Voyager 1.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b c "NGC 3532". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  2. ^
    Bibcode:1999A&A...345..471R
    .
  3. ^ a b Deep Sky Observer's Companion – the online database, DOCdb Lacaille II.10
  4. ^ a b Nemiroff, R.; Bonnell, J., eds. (26 February 2010). "Chasing Carina". Astronomy Picture of the Day. NASA. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  5. ^
    ESO
    . Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  6. ^ a b Kramer, Miriam (26 November 2014). "Wishing Well Star Cluster Sparkles in Colorful New Views". Space.com. Space.com. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  7. ^ a b Frommert, Hartmut; Kronberg, Christine (23 June 2006). "NGC 3532". SEDS Messier Database. SEDS. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  8. ^
    ISBN 978-1-4419-0326-6
    .
  9. ISBN 0-521-82796-5
    , p. 358–360.
  10. ISBN 978-1-4614-7567-5
    .
  11. ISBN 978-1-4419-1777-5
    .
  12. ^ Amateur Astronomer Association of New York, Nebula of the Month - Carina's Football
  13. ^ IceInSpace - Australian Amateur Astronomy, Challenge Objects - June 2005, 2005
  14. ISBN 978-1461447498
    .
  15. ^ Claria, J.J., Lapasset, E., (1988) "A UBV and DDO astrophysical study of the open cluster NGC3532", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 235, 1129–1139
  16. ^ Reimers, D., Koester, D., (1989) "Spectroscopic identification of white dwarfs in galactic clusters. V - NGC 3532", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 218, 118–122
  17. ^ Dobbie, P., Day-Jones, A., Williams, K., Casewell, S., Burleigh, M., Lodieu, N., Parker, Q., Baxter, R. (2012) "Further investigation of white dwarfs in the open clusters NGC2287 and NGC3532", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 423, 2815–2828
  18. Bibcode:1969JBAA...79..213J
    .
  19. ^ Herschel, J. (1847). Results of Astronomical Observations Made During the Years 1834, 5, 6, 7, 8, at the Cape of Good Hope. London, Smith, Elder &Co.
  20. ^ ScienceDaily, "A colorful gathering of middle-aged stars", European Southern Observatory, 26 November 2014
  21. ^
    Hubblesite.org
  22. ^ "Great Exploration Revisited: New Horizons at Pluto and Charon".

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