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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 5:54  ☀️ Transit: 12:05  🌅 Sunset: 18:16

NGC 3532 (Wishing Well Cluster) - Open Cluster in Carina

NGC 3532 is a Open Cluster in the Carina constellation. NGC 3532 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern emisphere.

NGC 3532
Open Cluster
Carina
  • NGC 3532 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. See also rise and set times.
  • Given its visual magnitude of 3, NGC 3532 is visible to the naked eye under a clear and dark sky, or with the help of a small binocular.
Available Resources for NGC 3532 (Wishing Well Cluster) - Open Cluster in Carina

Photometric information of NGC 3532

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 3532 in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).

3.28
3

For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.

Apparent size of NGC 3532

The following table reports NGC 3532 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 3532 is a visual representation of it.
12 arcmin
12 arcmin

Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 3532

The image below is a photograph of NGC 3532 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.4x0.4 degrees (24x24 arcmins).

Image of NGC 3532 (Wishing Well Cluster) - Open Cluster in Carina star
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DSS2 image of NGC 3532 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (12 arcmin) and minor (12 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 3532

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 3532 are provided in the following table:

11h 05m 48s
-58° 46’ 14”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 3532 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Finder chart NGC 3532 (Wishing Well Cluster) - Open Cluster in Carina star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 3532 (Wishing Well Cluster) - Open Cluster in Carina.

Finder chart NGC 3532 (Wishing Well Cluster) - Open Cluster in Carina star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 3532 (Wishing Well Cluster) - Open Cluster in Carina.

Rise ans set times of NGC 3532 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

NGC 3532 (Wishing Well Cluster) - Open Cluster in Carina is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]