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Also known as Moth Wing Cluster

open cluster in Scorpius

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Distance from Earth: 494
Image: Ngc 6281 DSS.jpg

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catalog code: [KPS2012] MWSC 2530
Commons category: NGC 6281
time of discovery or invention: 1826-06-05
apparent magnitude: 5.4
right ascension: 256.1708
declination: -37.9850
radial velocity: -5.02
metallicity: 0.06
parallax: 1.8716
right ascension component of proper motion: -1.876
declination component of proper motion: -3.950

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NGC objects Open clusters Scorpius