NGC 4755 Jewel Box


Details

John Herschel described this open custer in the constellation of Crux as a superb piece of fancy jewellery. Hence the name Herschels Jewel Box. NGC 4755 is one of the finest open clusters of the southern skies. It is also a very young star cluster which includes some of the brightest stars in the milkyway galaxy.


Image Details

Telescope Optics
Lacerta 200/800 f/4 Newton

Mount
Skywatcher EQ6-R pro

Camera
Omegon veTEC571 pro

Filters
Bayer Matrix

Integration Time
18 x 300s

Date
22nd of May 2023

Conditions
Excellent Sky Conditions

Remarks

Object Details

Type of Object
Open Cluster

Constellation
Crux

Location
Kiripotib Guestfarm Namibia