NGC 3532 Wishing Well Cluster

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NGC 3532 is an open cluster in the constellation of carina. It has different names such as Wishing Well Cluster, Pincushion Cluster or Football Cluster. The cluster is surrounded by many HII filaments and it was my goal to show this all together in one picture. So the framing is kind of odd, with the cluster sitting on top of the image.

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Image Details

Telescope Optics
Takahashi FSQ106ED

Mount
Knopf MK100 + Koch FS2

Camera
Moravian G3-16200

Filters
Baader LRGB + Ha

Integration Time
36x600s Lum, 14x600s R, 12x600s G, 13x600s B
15x600s Ha

Date
July 2018

Conditions
Excellent Sky Conditions

Remarks

Object Details

Type of Object
Open Cluster, Emission Nebula

Constellation
Carina

Location
Kiripotib Guestfarm Namibia