Jewel Box (star cluster)
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jewel-box-star-cluster-223-363846
title:
Jewel Box (star cluster)
text:
The Jewel Box is an open cluster in the constellation Crux, originally discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1751–1752. This cluster was later named the Jewel Box by John Herschel when he described its telescopic appearance as "... a superb piece of fancy jewellery". It is easily visible to the naked eye as a hazy star some 1.0° southeast of the first-magnitude star Mimosa. This hazy star was given the Bayer star designation "Kappa Crucis", from which the cluster takes one of its common nam
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encyclopedia
description:
Open cluster in the constellation Crux
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewel_Box_(star_cluster)
date created:
2004-08-27T23:54:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T11:22:13Z
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13
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