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Mark Fisher
1999-2008
NGC 3532
An
open star cluster
in the
constellation
of
Carina
, lying more than a thousand light years from the
Sun
.
The night sky of a hypothetical
gas giant
orbiting the
white
star
HD 96564
, which lies in the busy
cluster
NGC 3532
. This populous and ancient
cluster
of
stars
lies near the
Carina
-
Centaurus
border, and is easily visible with the naked eye.
NGC 3532
is one of a host of
star clusters
in one of the most densely
starred
regions of the
Milky Way
.
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