Jewel Box

Summary

Jewel Box is an open cluster^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of open_cluster entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (100 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Jewel Box is credited with the discovery of Nicolas Louis de Lacaille^[3].
• Jewel Box's image is recorded as A Snapshot of the Jewel Box cluster with the ESO VLT.jpg^[4].
• Jewel Box's instance of is recorded as open cluster^[5].
• Jewel Box's constellation is recorded as Crux^[6].
• Jewel Box's Commons category is recorded as NGC 4755^[7].
• Jewel Box's catalog code is recorded as NGC 4755^[8].
• Jewel Box's catalog code is recorded as C 1250-600^[9].
• Jewel Box's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 2072^[10].
• Jewel Box's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1751-00-00T00:00:00Z^[11].
• Jewel Box's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03rk2h^[12].
• Jewel Box's topic's main category is recorded as Category:NGC 4755^[13].
• Jewel Box's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+4.2'}^[14].
• Jewel Box's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3674704', 'amount': '-20.0'}^[15].
• Jewel Box's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q531', 'amount': '+6400'}^[16].
• Jewel Box's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11929860', 'amount': '+1.968'}^[17].
• Jewel Box's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q12129', 'amount': '+3435.579'}^[18].
• Jewel Box's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 4755^[19].
• Jewel Box's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 4755^[20].
• Jewel Box's Quora topic ID is recorded as Jewel-Box-1^[21].
• Jewel Box's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+193.4125'}^[22].
• Jewel Box's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-60.3617'}^[23].
• Jewel Box's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[24].
• Jewel Box's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'Q22137107', 'amount': '-0.99'}^[25].
• Jewel Box's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'Q22137107', 'amount': '-2.90'}^[26].

Body

Designation and Status

Jewel Box's instance of is recorded as open cluster^[5].

History and Context

Catalog codes include NGC 4755^[8], C 1250-600^[9], and [KPS2012] MWSC 2072^[10].

Why It Matters

Jewel Box ranks in the top 6% of open_cluster entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (100 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]