Jewel Box Cluster

The Jewel Box Cluster or Kappa Crucis cluster is a star cluster over 6,000 light years away in the constellation, Crux (the southern cross).[1] It has many blue supergiant stars, and one red supergiant, DU Crucis.

The Jewel Box Cluster.

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