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Open cluster NGC3532 in Carina
A map of the star field. Magnitudes are given without a decimal point, e.g. 67 is to be interpreted as magnitude 6.7.

Data (Janes, Duke, and Lynga, 1987)
RA 11 05
dec -58 44
total V magnitude 3.0
NGC number 3532
Trumpler class II 3 r
angular diameter 50'
distance 480 pc
age (Myr) 290
integrated B-V .28
observed stars 677
earliest sp. class B5
brightest star 8.0

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