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Crux

Deep Sky Objects

NGC 4755 is the Jewel Box, an open star cluster visible to the naked eye. Binoculars or a small telescope reveals the individual stars which are a variety of colours. In constrast, the Coalsack is a dark nebula that obscures the light of the Milky Way behind it.

Stars With (Un)Common Names

alpha: Acrux is a first magnitude binary star.
beta: Mimosa is also known as Becrux and is first magnitude.
gamma: Gacrux is a wide double star.

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