NGC 3293

Open Cluster NGC 3293

(= Lacaille II.8),

type d,

in Carina

Right Ascension	10 : 35.8 (h:m)
Declination	-58 : 14 (deg:m)
Distance	8.4 (kly)
Visual Brightness	4.7 (mag)
Apparent Dimension	6 (arc min)

This cluster is another one of Abbe Lacaille’s discoveries, made during his

1751-1752 journey to South Africa.

NGC 3293 consists of more than 50 stars in a 10 arc minutes field, the brightest

of which is a red giant of mag 6.5, between many hot, blue bright stars (the

hottest of spectral type B0). Rests of some nebulous materials are visible in

our image, floating between the stars which have probably formed from them.

With an estimated age of only 10 million years, NGC 3293 is a very young cluster.

Our image was obtained by David Malin with the Anglo-Australian

Telescope. This image is copyrighted and may be used for private purpose only.

For any other kind of use, including internet mirroring and storing on CD-ROM,

please contact Coral Cooksley of the

Anglo Australian Observatory.

• More information on this image by David Malin

  In the

  Astronomical League’s Southern Sky Binocular Club list.

  
  

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  Hartmut Frommert

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  Christine Kronberg

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  Last Modification: 22 Mar 1998, 22:40 MET