NGC 5281
AladinLite | |
Constellation | centaur |
Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 13 h 46 m 35.1 s |
declination | -62 ° 54 ′ 59 ″ |
Appearance
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classification | I1p |
Brightness (visual) | 5.9 likes |
Angular expansion | 8.0 ' |
Physical data
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distance | 3600 ly (1108 pc ) |
history | |
Discovered by | Nicolas Lacaille |
Discovery time | 1751 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 5281 • OCl 911 • Mel 120 • Cr 276 • ESO 097-SC005 • GC 3640 • h 3531 • |
NGC 5281 is the name of an open star cluster in the constellation Centaur . NGC 5281 has a diameter of 8 arc minutes and an apparent magnitude of 5.9 mag. The object was discovered by Nicolas Lacaille in 1751.