NGC 4755

E753979

NGC 4755 is a bright, young open star cluster in the constellation Crux, noted for its colorful stars and striking appearance in small telescopes.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
NGC 4755 canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf open star cluster ⓘ
age approximately 10 million years ⓘ
young star cluster ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Caldwell 94 ⓘ
Jewel Box Cluster ⓘ
linked to: Jewel Box cluster

Kappa Crucis Cluster ⓘ
linked to: Jewel Box cluster
angularSize 10 arcminutes ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 4.2 ⓘ
bestSeenIn autumn in Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
catalog New General Catalogue ⓘ
clusterType Trumpler type II 3 m ⓘ
contains evolved giant stars ⓘ
main-sequence stars ⓘ
containsStar Kappa Crucis ⓘ
bright blue supergiant stars ⓘ
bright red supergiant star ⓘ
declination −60° 22′ ⓘ
declinationHemisphere far southern sky ⓘ
discoveredBy Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille ⓘ
linked to: Nicolas de Lacaille
discoveryYear 1751 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth approximately 2,000 parsecs ⓘ
approximately 6,400 light-years ⓘ
estimatedMass approximately 6,300 solar masses ⓘ
evolutionaryStatus still associated with young stellar population ⓘ
galacticLatitude −0.4° ⓘ
galacticLongitude 303.2° ⓘ
hasApproximateStarCount about 100 stars ⓘ
hasColorContrast blue and red stars ⓘ
hasPhotogenicAppearance popular astrophotography target ⓘ
hemisphereVisibility Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
includedIn ESO photographic surveys ⓘ
locatedIn Carina–Sagittarius Arm ⓘ
linked to: Sagittarius Arm

Milky Way ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Crux ⓘ
metallicity near-solar ⓘ
notableFor colorful stars ⓘ
striking appearance in small telescopes ⓘ
observedIn infrared wavelengths ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ
partOf Caldwell catalogue ⓘ
rightAscension 12h 53m ⓘ
spectralTypeDominant B-type stars ⓘ
stellarPopulation Population I ⓘ
visibility naked-eye object under dark skies ⓘ
visibleWith binoculars ⓘ
small telescopes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jewel Box cluster → alsoKnownAs → NGC 4755 ⓘ
Crux → deepSkyObject → NGC 4755 ⓘ
subject linked to: Crux constellation
Caldwell 94 → alsoKnownAs → NGC 4755 ⓘ
Trumpler II 3 m → appliesTo → NGC 4755 ⓘ
Kappa Crucis → memberOf → NGC 4755 ⓘ