NGC 3532

Open Cluster NGC 3532 (= Lacaille II.7 = Caldwell 91 = Melotte 103 = Collinder 238), in Carina

Right Ascension 11 : 06.4 (h:m)
Declination -58 : 40 (deg:m)
Distance 1.3 (kly)
Visual Brightness 3.0 (mag)
Apparent Dimension 55 (arc min)

The considerable southern open cluster NGC 3532 was discovered by Abbe Lacaille in 1751-1752 from South Africa.

In the Astronomical League's Southern Sky Binocular Club list.


Hartmut Frommert (spider@seds.org)
Christine Kronberg (smil@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)

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Last Modification: 22 Mar 1998, 20:40 MET