Jewel Box The Amazing Star Cluster

Observing starry night sky with naked eye or binocular is my favorite hobby.
one of the best deep space object which often I see with binocular is “Jewel box”.
its beginning of me to recognize that from reading sky maps which is download from internet.
after me of survey with binocular then I trust that this Star Cluster is really beautiful.

the NGC 4755 or famous as “Jewel box” is a star cluster that contain many contrasting colours of stars.
you can see with naked eye in night dark condition or in moonless condition but you can find more attract with see in binocular or small telescope.
watch with high power telescope can revealed more stars, i suggest to use reflector telescope with larger diameter of primary mirror for best view.

Jewel box located on Crux constellation. The Jewel Box is also known as NGC 4755, the Kappa Crucis Cluster and Caldwell 94.
Crux contellation is located on southern sky & appear in evening sky on April, May and June.
im easily to watch “Jewel box” because my location in south hemisphere.
in my personal experience, i often using my own binocular 12×50 to watch the beautifully “Jewel box”.
i saw that “Jewel box” is glowing and sparkling in some far far place, likely the shine of Jewel stone.

you can find more information about this cluster in Wikipedia or search in Google.
this is sky maps for May evening sky that show you the location of “Jewel box”.

this is the more close image of “Jewel box”