NGC 5281

Open Cluster NGC 5281 (= Lacaille I.7 = Dunlop 273 = Melotte 120 = Collinder 276), type 'd', in Centaurus

201 Centauri

Right Ascension 13 : 46.6 (h:m)
Declination -62 : 54 (deg:m)
Distance 4.2 (kly)
Visual Brightness 5.9 (mag)
Apparent Dimension 5 (arc min)

Discovered by Lacaille in 1751-52.

Southern open cluster NGC 5281 was discovered by Abbe Lacaille in 1751-1752.

  • Jean-Claude Mermilliod's WEBDA cluster page for NGC 5281
  • SIMBAD Data of NGC 5281
  • Publications on NGC 5281 (NASA ADS)
  • Observing Reports for NGC 5281 (IAAC Netastrocatalog)
  • NGC Online data for NGC 5281

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    Last Modification: March 22, 1998