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Also known as Moth Wing Cluster

open cluster in Scorpius

Wikidata facts

Instance of
star
Constellation
Scorpius
Distance from Earth
494
Image
Ngc 6281 DSS.jpg
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catalog code
[KPS2012] MWSC 2530
Commons category
NGC 6281
discoverer or inventor
James Dunlop
time of discovery or invention
1826-06-05
apparent magnitude
5.4
right ascension
256.1708
declination
-37.9850
radial velocity
-5.02
epoch
J2000.0
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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