Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5269  ·  NGC 5281
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NGC 5281 or little scorpion open cluster, Claudio Tenreiro
NGC 5281 or little scorpion open cluster
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NGC 5281 or little scorpion open cluster

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NGC 5281 or little scorpion open cluster, Claudio Tenreiro
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NGC 5281 or little scorpion open cluster

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NGC 5281, the small open cluster, just close to beta Centauri, beautiful in its colours and surrounded by colourful clouds, as it does happen on all that region. In Stellarium is identified as little scorpion, well, its shape is a kind of Crab, but anyway, another region full of Jewells to be imaged-

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    NGC 5281 or little scorpion open cluster, Claudio Tenreiro
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Description: Two major changes, one is rotation for compatibility with other of the same region, second, a bit less of purple tint and an square shows the nebula RCW80 and the other open cluster NGC 5269

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NGC 5281 or little scorpion open cluster, Claudio Tenreiro

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