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The Jewel Box cluster and the Coalsack Nebula

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eso_jewel-box December 3rd, 2009

Credit: ESO

The Jewel Box open cluster (NGC 4755 or Kappa Crucis) and the Coalsack Nebula, in the constellation Crux. The Jewel Box is the cluster just above centre in the image. The very bright star up and to the right is Mimosa (Beta Crucis). Image from the ESO/SERC (J) survey plates.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/jewel-box/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Coalsack Nebula • NGC 4755
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Grouping > Cluster > Open; Nebula > Appearance > Dark

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 12h 53m 39.0s; DEC = -60° 21’ 43.0”
Orientation: North is 2.7° CCW
Field of View: 2.8 x 4.7 degrees
Constellation: Crux

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	DSS2 (None)	Optical (B)	-

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ID: jewel-box
Subject Category: B.3.6.4.1 B.4.2.3
Subject Name: Coalsack Nebula, NGC 4755
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2009-12-03T23:19:36
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/jewel-box/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument: None
Color Assignment: Grayscale

Band: Optical
Bandpass: B
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 193.412603, -60.361945
Reference Dimension: 5079.0, 8374.0

Reference Pixel: 2555.22430429, 5393.88742192
Scale: -0.00055779333, 0.0005577933
Rotation: 2.73084455887
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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Telephone
Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: jewel-box

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/jewel-box.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-06-09T10:02:37+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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