The Jewel Box, is an open cluster in the constellation Crux (the southern Cross). This cluster is one of the youngest known, with an estimated age of 14 million years. It has a total integrated magnitude of 4.2, its about 6,440 light years from Earth, and contains just over 100 stars.
The cluster has many blue type stars but has 1 red supergiant star, with is about 600x bigger than out sun.
First object using my new mono camera!!!!
GSO RC 6
HEQ5 Pro belt mod
ZWO ASI 1600mm with filter wheel
L 17 x 3m
R 25 x 4m
G 20 x 4m
B 20 x 4m
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