Open cluster
Wishing Well Cluster (NGC3532)
In Carina (Car) • Magnitude 3.0 • 12 arcminutes
Open the free AstroPlanner with Wishing Well Cluster pre-selected, scored against your telescope, location, and the live cloud forecast.
Rich open cluster in Carina, target of the first Hubble light.
Wishing Well Cluster at a glance
| Catalog IDs | N 3532 |
| Type | Open cluster |
| Constellation | Carina (Car) |
| Right ascension | 11h 05m 48s |
| Declination | -58° 46' 14" |
| Apparent magnitude | 3.00 |
| Angular size | 12.0 × 12.0 arcmin |
| Max altitude at 45°N | Below horizon |
| Best imaging months | Feb, Mar, Apr |
How to image Wishing Well Cluster
Wishing Well Cluster sits in the constellation Carina at right ascension 11h 05m 48s and declination -58° 46' 14". To frame and integrate it well, AstroPlanner will compute the optimal moonless window for tonight from your location, the field-of-view fit against your sensor and focal length, the suggested total integration time given your aperture and sky Bortle class, and a cloud-aware schedule that drops it from the plan if your nearest cloud forecast spike overlaps the best altitude window.