NGC 3228

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NGC 3228 is an open cluster in Vela. It was discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1751–1752, while he was in South Africa and catalogued it as Lac II.7. It is small but bright and can be observed easily with binoculars in sufficiently dark skies.

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