NGC 4755 – “Jewel box”
63 subs at 8 seconds each – 50 ISO, Bortle 5 or 6
Celestron Origin using OLV Software.
Taken: Back Yard, Holdsworth Villas, Masterton NZ
Wednesday 8th April 2026.
Stacked and processed in Siril, using Veralux Scripts.
The Jewel Box is an open cluster in the constellation Crux, originally discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1751–1752. This cluster was later named the Jewel Box by John Herschel when he described its telescopic appearance as "... a superb piece of fancy jewellery". Distance from Earth: 6,419 LY.
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