NGC 4755 - Jewel Box
NGC 4755 - Jewel Box |
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Object data of NGC4755 |
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| Object type: | Open star cluster (I3r) | |
| Size: | 10' | |
| Magnitude: | 4.0 mag | |
| Constellation: | Cru | |
| Distance: | 6,400 Ly | |
| Notes: | NGC 4755, the Jewel Box, is an open star cluster in the constellation Crux. This cluster is one of the youngest known, with an estimated age of 14 million years. | |
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Exposure data |
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| Date: | 2014-03-07 + 2014-03-08 | |
| Location: | Hacienda Los Andes / Chile (1100m) | |
| Telescope: | TEC RC 20" f/9 with corrector (f=4492mm) | |
| Camera: | FLI PL16803 with Astrodon filters | |
| Binning: | L 1x1 / RGB 1x1 | |
| Mount: | Astro-Physics AP1600GTO | |
| Exposure time: | L 27x2min / R 7x2min / G 7x2min / B 7x2min | |
| Exposure time total: | 1h 36min | |
| Notes: | Image acquisition by CEDIC
team (Bernhard Hubl, Christoph Kaltseis, Wolfgang Leitner and Herbert
Walter) Image processing by Bernhard Hubl |
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