Zoom from a wide shot of the Milky Way in Centaurus to the Jewel Box star cluster (NGC 4755). The Jewel Box is a very young cluster than contains around 100 stars. The stars are thought to be as little as seven million years old. Most of the stars are hot blue giants, apart from the prominent red supergiant Kappa Crucis. The cluster lies around 6400 light years from Earth in the constellation Crux.<br>Restrictions: | |
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