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6281 C — Unknown in Scorpius

Magnitude 5.4m Unknown Scorpius (Sco) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 5.4
Angular Size 60 arcmin
Cl, L, pRi, lC, st 9...11

Position & Identifiers

RA 17h 04m 48.0s
Dec -37° 53' 60.0"
Constellation Scorpius (Sco)
Catalog 6281 C

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Easy Easy Medium+
150mm Newt. Easy Easy Easy
C8 203mm Easy Easy Easy
Easy Medium Hard Very hard Impossible

Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs

Easy on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season May – Jul (peak: Jun)

Nearby in the Sky

Other targets within a few degrees — pan your scope a little and keep exploring.

Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

V923 Sco
Hard+
Eclipsing binary, period 34.8d
Variable Star mag 5.91 0.3° Scorpius
NGC 6268
Easy
Open cluster
Open Cluster mag 10.0 1.9° Scorpius
Bug Nebula
NGC 6302
Hard+
Small bright planetary nebula
Planetary Nebula mag 9.6 1.9° Scorpius
Pipirima
HIP 82545; Mu Scorpii
Easy
Hot blue O-type star
Star mag 3.57 2.5° Scorpius
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