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NGC 3532

Open star cluster · Open cluster in the constellation Carina

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NGC 3532
Picture: ESO/G. Beccari, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

About NGC 3532

NGC 3532 is about 1,539 light-years from the Sun, so the light we see from it left about 1,539 years ago.

It is 26,521 light-years from the centre of the Milky Way.

The map lists it as an open star cluster and shows it among the stars around the Sun, drawn on the plane of the Milky Way.

Key numbers

Distance1,539 light-years (472 pc)
Distance from the Galactic centre26,521 light-years
Galactic coordinatesl = 289.54°, b = +1.40°
Member stars (Gaia)3,414
Age238 million years
Mass (observed)4,889 solar masses
Half-member radius10.8 light-years

Data: Hunt & Reffert 2024.

Where it is

Its place in the universe, from the inside out: Milky Way › Local Group › Virgo Supercluster › Laniakea Supercluster › Observable universe.

Zoom out to see it in context: Local Arm, a view about 12,000 light-years across.

From Wikipedia

NGC 3532 is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Carina. Alternatively, it is known as Caldwell 91, the Pincushion Cluster, Football Cluster, the Black Arrow Cluster, or the Wishing Well Cluster. This formation is located at a distance of some 1,321 light-years (405 pc) parsecs from Earth.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article NGC 3532, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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