Zooming in on the colourful star cluster NGC 3532

This video starts with a view of the southern Milky Way and takes us on a journey towards the open star cluster NGC 3532. The MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile captured this richly colourful view. Some of the stars still shine with a hot bluish colour, but many of the more massive ones have become red giants and glow with a rich orange hue.

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ESO/G. Baccari/Digitized Sky Survey 2/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org). Music: movetwo

About the Video

Id:eso1439a
Release date:26 November 2014, 12:00
Related releases:eso1439
Duration:50 s
Frame rate:30 fps

About the Object

Name:NGC 3532
Category:Star Clusters

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