NGC 3532

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title: "NGC 3532" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["carina-(constellation)", "open-clusters", "ngc-objects", "caldwell-objects", "astronomical-objects-discovered-in-1752", "1990-in-science"] description: "Open cluster in the constellation Carina" topic_path: "general/carina-constellation" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_3532" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Open cluster in the constellation Carina ::

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Field	Value
name	NGC 3532
image	Eso1439a.jpg
epoch	J2000
constellation	Carina
ra
dec
dist_ly	1,321 ly
dist_pc	405 pc
names	NGC 3532, Caldwell 91, Cr 238, Mel 103, C 1104-584, Cl* 1104-584, CL 1104-584, Lacaille II.10, Football Cluster, Wishing Well Cluster
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| name = NGC 3532 | image =Eso1439a.jpg | epoch = J2000 | constellation = Carina | ra = | dec = | dist_ly = 1,321 ly | dist_pc = 405 pc | appmag_v = | size_v = | notes = | names = NGC 3532, Caldwell 91, Cr 238, Mel 103, C 1104-584, Cl* 1104-584, CL 1104-584, Lacaille II.10, Football Cluster, Wishing Well Cluster |date=26 February 2010 |access-date=17 April 2016}} |last1=Hook |first1=Richard |date=26 November 2014 |website=European Southern Observatory |publisher=ESO |access-date=17 April 2016}} |title=Wishing Well Star Cluster Sparkles in Colorful New Views |last1=Kramer |first1=Miriam |date=26 November 2014 |website=Space.com |access-date=17 April 2016}} |last1=Frommert |first1=Hartmut |last2=Kronberg |first2=Christine |date=23 June 2006 |website=SEDS Messier Database |publisher=SEDS |access-date=17 April 2016}}

NGC 3532 (Caldwell 91), Football Cluster, the Black Arrow Cluster, or the Wishing Well Cluster, is an open cluster some 405 parsecs from Earth and seven white dwarfs. On 20 May 1990 it became the first target ever observed by the Hubble Space Telescope. A line from Beta Crucis through Delta Crucis passes somewhat to the north of NGC 3532. The cluster lies between the constellation Crux and the larger but fainter "False Cross" asterism. The 4th-magnitude Cepheid variable star x Carinae (V382 Car) appears near the southeast fringes, but it lies between the Sun and the cluster and is not a member of the cluster.

The cluster was first catalogued by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1752.{{cite journal | title=The search for the nebulae – VI | last=Jones | first=K. G. | journal=Journal of the British Astronomical Association | volume=79 | pages=213–222 | date=March 1969 | bibcode=1969JBAA...79..213J

Gallery

|File:Hubble First Light, First Released Image (STScI-1990-04a).png|This is the first light image for the Wide Field and Planetary Camera of the Hubble Space Telescope, taken in May 1990; this view is near star HD96755 in the open cluster NGC 3532. This view is 11 by 14 arcseconds of the sky. |File:Wishing Well cluster New Horizons.png|This New Horizons image, taken with the LORRI instrument and captured on December 5, 2017, broke the record for an image taken at the greatest distance from Earth, surpassing Pale Blue Dot taken by Voyager 1. |width=300 |height=300}}

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