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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:galaxy
gptkb:open_cluster
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gptkbp:age
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approximately 1.5 billion years
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gptkbp:apparent_magnitude
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gptkb:12.5
10.5
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gptkbp:associated_with
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gptkb:Scorpius_constellation
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gptkbp:contains_star
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several hundred stars
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gptkbp:coordinates
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RA 16h 55m 36s, Dec -60° 56' 00"
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gptkbp:declination
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-60° 56' 00"
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gptkbp:diameter
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approximately 100,000 light-years
10 arcminutes
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gptkbp:discovered_by
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gptkb:John_Herschel
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gptkbp:discovery_year
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1834
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gptkbp:distance_from_earth
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approximately 60 million light-years
approximately 4,000 light years
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gptkbp:exhibition
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gptkb:New_General_Catalogue
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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NGC 6281
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gptkbp:is_visible_from
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best viewed in southern hemisphere
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gptkbp:located_in
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gptkb:Milky_Way
constellation Scorpius
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gptkbp:metallicity
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solar metallicity
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gptkbp:redshift
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0.005
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gptkbp:research
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observed by various astronomers since discovery.
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gptkbp:right_ascension
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16h 55m 36s
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gptkbp:type
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gptkb:spiral_galaxy
Galactic open cluster
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Ophiuchus
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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