Wide-field image of the constellation Crux (ground-based image)
The Jewel Box is shown just right of centre, above the dark nebula called the Coal Sack in this picture of the southern sky. The picture was taken with a small ground-based camera.
Credit:A. Fujii
About the Image
Id: | heic0913f |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 29 October 2009, 10:00 |
Related releases: | heic0913 |
Size: | 4311 x 5442 px |
About the Object
Name: | NGC 4755 |
Type: | Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Open |
Distance: | 6500 light years |
Category: | Star Clusters |
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