postheadericon ESO Releases Latest Images of Jewel Box Cluster

ESO photo of Jewel Box ClusterYesterday, the European Southern Observatory (ESO), released the most recent composite images of a cluster known as the Jewel Box Cluster. Also known as NGC 4755, the images released utilized images from two of ESO’s telescope merged with images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. NGC 4755 is estimated to be 6400 light years away and some 16 million years old. Learn more about the Jewel Box cluster online now here.

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