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Open star cluster NGC 6231 in Scorpius

author: Anglo-Australian Observatory/David Malin Images/Novapix

reference: a-aou62-31001

Image Size 300 DPI: 51 * 40 cm

Close to the center of the Scorpius OB association is the cluster NGC 6231. This group is gravitationally bound and it is very young, with an age of about 8 million years. The cluster is also very luminous and its radiation affects a vast volume of space.

Keywords for this photo:

1992 - AAO - ASTRONOMY - NGC 6231 - OPEN CLUSTER - POSTER - SCORPIUS - SIDING SPRING - STAR - STAR CLUSTER - YOUNG STAR -