Q572407

open cluster in Centaurus

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It sits within the topics Centaurus, NGC objects and Open clusters.

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Key facts

Right ascension: 13 46 35
Declination: −62 ° 55 ′ 00 ″
Distance: 4,200 ly (1,300 pc )
Apparent dimensions v: 7'
Estimated age: 45 million years
Other designations: vdBH 152, Collinder 276, Melotte 120
Constellation: Centaurus

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 1108
Image: NGC 5281.png

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Commons category: NGC 5281
catalog code: [KPS2012] MWSC 2161
time of discovery or invention: 1751-00-00
apparent magnitude: 5.9
right ascension: 206.6458
declination: -62.9167
radial velocity: -15.912
metallicity: -0.02
right ascension component of proper motion: -4.27
declination component of proper motion: -3.47

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 5281 is an open cluster in the constellation Centaurus. It was discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1751-1752 from South Africa, and catalogued it as Lacaille I.7. NGC 5281 is located three and a quarter degrees southwest of Beta Centauri. Under dark skies, it is bright enough to be spotted with naked eye, appearing as a 6th magnitude star.

Characteristics

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q572407” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.