NGC 3532

Open Cluster NGC 3532 (= Lacaille II.7 = Dunlop 323 = Melotte 103 = Collinder 238), in Carina

Right Ascension 11 : 06.4 (h:m)
Declination -58 : 40 (deg:m)
Distance 1.3 (kly)
Visual Brightness 3.0 (mag)
Apparent Dimension 55 (arc min)

Discovered by Lacaille 1751-52.

The considerable southern open cluster NGC 3532 was discovered by Abbe Lacaille in 1751-1752 from South Africa.

In the Astronomical League's Southern Sky Binocular Club list. Caldwell 91 in Patrick Moore's list.

  • Jean-Claude Mermilliod's WEBDA cluster page for NGC 3532
  • SIMBAD Data of NGC 3532
  • Observing Reports for NGC 3532 (IAAC Netastrocatalog)

    Hartmut Frommert (spider@seds.org)
    Christine Kronberg (smil@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)

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    Last Modification: 22 Mar 1998, 20:40 MET