Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Carina (Car)  ·  Contains:  IC 2581  ·  IC 2599  ·  NGC 3247  ·  NGC 3293  ·  NGC 3324  ·  The star r Car  ·  The star s Car
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NGC3293 -The Gem Cluster, jprejean
NGC3293 -The Gem Cluster
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NGC3293 -The Gem Cluster

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NGC3293 -The Gem Cluster, jprejean
NGC3293 -The Gem Cluster
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NGC3293 -The Gem Cluster

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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NGC 3293 is an open cluster in the Carina constellation.  It consists of more than 100 stars brighter than 14th magnitude in a 10 arc minute field, the brightest of which are blue supergiants of apparent magnitude 6.5 and 6.7. There is also a 7th magnitude pulsating red supergiant, V361 Carinae.

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Captured at Heaven's Mirror Observatory, Yass, Australia

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NGC3293 -The Gem Cluster, jprejean