Digitized Sky Survey Image of NGC 4755 (ground-based image)
A wide-field image of the region around NGC 4755 constructed from the data from Digitized Sky Survey 2. The bright star is Mimosa, one of the main four stars in the Southern Cross. The darkness towards the bottom of the image is part of the Coal Sack, a vast area of obscuring dust easily visible to the unaided eye. The field of view is approximately 2.8 degrees x 2.9 degrees.
Credit:ESO, ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
About the Image
| Id: | heic0913d |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 29 October 2009, 10:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0913 |
| Size: | 10200 x 10286 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 4755 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Open |
| Distance: | 6500 light years |
| Constellation: | Crux |
| Category: | Star Clusters |
Image Formats
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 12 53 32.84 |
| Position (Dec): | -60° 21' 21.06" |
| Field of view: | 171.30 x 172.75 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.0° right of vertical |
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