30 May 2026
Carina Cluster
NGC 3532 (CA 091) is a bright open cluster located some 1300 light-years away in the constellation of Carina (The Keel of the ship Argo). It is informally known as the Wishing Well Cluster, as it resembles scattered silver coins which have been dropped into a well. (European Southern Observatory, ESO)
Image processed by Andrew F. Macica, original data from Telescope Live.
Imaging Details:
Observatory: Heaven's Mirror Observatory, Yass, Australia
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED
Aperture: 106 mm (4.17 inches), f/3.6
Focal Length: 382 mm (with 0.73x focal reducer)
Camera: QHY 600M Pro CMOS
Filters: Ha, LRGB
Total Exposure: 2 hours 36 minutes
Image Processing: PixInsight 1.9.3 Lockhart (x64);
BlurXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator, StarXTerminator (RC Astro);
Adobe Photoshop 25.12.4;
Adobe Lightroom Classic 15.3
Instruction on PixInsight from Adam Block Studios.
NGC 3532
2 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Open Cluster
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 166.4171 Dec -58.7069
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Australia
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................21 Jul 2023 - 11 Aug 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 120 | 24m | 12 |
| Red | 120 | 24m | 12 |
| Luminance | 120 | 24m | 12 |
| Halpha | 300 | 1h | 12 |
| Blue | 120 | 24m | 12 |