Wishing Well Cluster (NGC 3532) and Its Hubble Affair

Posted by MENEZES FO
on Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Wishing Well Cluster (NGC 3532) and Its Hubble Affair

Designed between the 1970s and 1980s, the Hubble Space Telescope went into space on April 24, 1990, its first image being taken on May 20 of that same year, more than 31 years ago, the first image being the Wishing Well Cluster (NGC 3532).
https://www.nasa.gov/content/hubbles-first-light

This cluster has this name because it resembles silver coins thrown at the bottom of a well, in addition to other names such as: American football ball or a cluster of fireflies.

Discovered in South Africa by Frenchman Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1752, it is an object easily seen with the naked eye in the southern hemisphere.

Best details:
https://www.astrobin.com/full/b1jqmo/0/?nc=user

EQUIPMENT:
ZWO ASI 6200MC PRO COLED
Espirit 150mm
35 X 300 sec

Date: . 06/06/2020
Location: Campos do Jordão- SP - Brazil

Copyright: Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
Email: Barretosmed@hotmail.com
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