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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	None
Flamsteed Number	None
HR (BSC)	None
HD	96564
Constellation	Carina
Right Ascension	11h 6m 36s
Declination	-58° 44' 39"
Distance	c.1,600 light years c.500 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +7.78 Absolute: -0.64
Spectral Class	B9IV blue subgiant or A0IV white subgiant
Optimum Visibility	March (Usually visible from southern latitudes)

HD 96564, seen among the swarming stars in the eastern part of the Wishing Well Cluster, NGC 3532 in Carina. Imagery provided by Aladin sky atlas

Despite being a hot and highly luminous blue-white subgiant, this star is much too far away (almost 1,600 light years) to shine brightly in the sky. It forms part of the large and complex group of stars known as the Wishing Well Cluster.

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