NGC : NGC5281

Celestial motion
Date: 2024-04-23
Astronomical night: 21:59 - 05:01 (GMT -5)
NGC5281 Celestial motion
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NGC5281 Celestial motion
Information about NGC5281

General information

Open Cluster NGC5281 has the magnitude of 6 and is placed in Centaurus constellation. The cluster's apparent sizes are 7 angular minutes.
Having high brightness and large apparent size, cluster is available for observations through a pair of binoculars or small telescope.

Information for observations

Tonight, 2024-04-23, cluster NGC5281 is not reachable.
 

NGC5281 on the sky map

NGC5281 on the sky map
Object type

Open Cluster

Alternative names

Constellation

Centaurus

Magnitude

6

Apparent size7'
Right ascension13h 46m 35s
Declination-62° 55′ 0″

Catalogues

Messier

New General Catalogue (NGC)

NGC5281

International Catalogue (IC)