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      The Jewel Box Cluster
      Wallpaper author:
      Jonathan Lodge

      28 Oct 2021

      The Jewel Box Cluster

      The Jewel Box (also known as the Kappa Crucis Cluster, NGC 4755, or Caldwell 94) is an open cluster in the constellation Crux, originally discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1751–1752. This cluster was later named the Jewel Box by John Herschel when he described its telescopic appearance as "...a superb piece of fancy jewellery".

      This cluster is one of the youngest known, with an estimated age of 14 million years. It has a total integrated magnitude of 4.2, is located 6,440 light years from Earth and contains just over 100 stars.

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      NGC 4755

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      Telescope Live
      CHI-1-CCD

      The Jewel Box Cluster