NGC 3532

open cluster in the constellation Carina
Thing open_cluster Q372496
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NGC 3532

Summary

NGC 3532 is an open cluster[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 34 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 3532 is credited with the discovery of Nicolas Louis de Lacaille[3].
  • NGC 3532's image is recorded as NGC 3532 in Carina.jpg[4].
  • NGC 3532's instance of is recorded as open cluster[5].
  • NGC 3532's constellation is recorded as Carina[6].
  • NGC 3532's Commons category is recorded as NGC 3532[7].
  • NGC 3532's catalog code is recorded as NGC 3532[8].
  • NGC 3532's catalog code is recorded as OCl 839.0[9].
  • NGC 3532's catalog code is recorded as C 1104-584[10].
  • NGC 3532's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 1890[11].
  • NGC 3532's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1751-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • NGC 3532's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b_0f3[13].
  • NGC 3532's topic's main category is recorded as Category:NGC 3532[14].
  • NGC 3532's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+3.28'}[15].
  • NGC 3532's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+3.0'}[16].
  • NGC 3532's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21500224', 'amount': '+2.0659'}[17].
  • NGC 3532's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '+4.85'}[18].
  • NGC 3532's metallicity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.00'}[19].
  • NGC 3532's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12129', 'amount': '+497'}[20].
  • NGC 3532's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 3532[21].
  • NGC 3532's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 3532[22].
  • NGC 3532's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+166.4125'}[23].
  • NGC 3532's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-58.7533'}[24].
  • NGC 3532's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[25].
  • NGC 3532's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '+5.1958'}[26].
  • NGC 3532's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '+5.195'}[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

NGC 3532 is credited with the discovery of Nicolas Louis de Lacaille[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 3532 has Wikipedia articles in 34 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Gaia Data Release 2. Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Gaia Data Release 2. Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . On the metallicity of open clusters. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Astrophysical parameters of Galactic open clusters. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . The orbits of open clusters in the Galaxy. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . The orbits of open clusters in the Galaxy. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . The orbits of open clusters in the Galaxy. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Gaia Data Release 2. Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Gaia Data Release 2. Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). NGC 3532. Retrieved May 7, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-3532
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ngc-3532_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 3532}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-3532}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-07}}
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