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NGC 3532 (aka Whishing Well Open Cluster) 

Open Cluster with nebulosity in Carina

 

 (ra: 11:06.04 / dec - 58:40)

 

 

 

 

December 2011,  Camping La Porteña San Antonio de Areco 

Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

 


 

DATA

TYPE: Open Clusrer 

APPARENT MAGNITUDE: 3

SIZE: FOV 2º x 1.36º  / NGC 3532 55 arc minutes

DISTANCE: 1300 light years

   

OBJECT DESCRIPTION AND IMAGE SESSION

 

This is one of the Southern finest jewels. It is also known as the "Wishing Well Open Cluster" because it resembles silver coins shimmering. This target is a joy to see through an eyepiece. For any summer star party, NGC 3532 is always booked as a "must to see" object. Most non frequent observers are hooked as much as with The Jewel Box. In light polluted skies the object is clearly visible with binoculars 12 degrees west of the Southern Cross

 

The image was taken form a new and comfortable site located 100 km away home. The faint HII structures came very well in the Ha channel despite the Moon. A great target for the TMB 92 SS / QSI 583 WS 

 

IMAGE INFORMATION

SCOPE: TMB 92 SS working at f5.5

MOUNT: Sky Watcher NEQ6

SKY CONDITIONS: 3/4 Moon Rising during the whole session

CAMERA: QSI 583 WS -10Cº

FILTERS: Baader, Astronomik Ha 6 nm

EXPOSURES: LHaRGB (30,30,20,20,20)

GUIDING: Orion Short Tube. Starlight Xpress Lodestar Camera. PHD Guiding ver 12

PROCESSING: Images Plus (Sigma Median Combination); NASA Photoshop Fits Liberator, Photoshop CS