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Eckhard Völcker
Cape Town, South Africa
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Pearl Cluster
Centaurus
The Pearl Cluster, NGC 3766, is 5.500 lightyears away in the southern
constellation
Centaurus
. It was discovered by
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille
during his survey in 1751–1752 from the Cape of Good Hope.
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