Declination −54° 03′ 03″ | Right ascension 16 07 51.4 Apparent magnitude (V) 8.5 | |
Distance 6.8 ± 2.3 kly (2.08 ± 0.71 kpc) Other designations C 1603-539, Collinder 297, IRAS 16039-5355, OCl 951. | ||
NGC 6031 is an open cluster of stars in the constellation Norma. It has a Trumpler classification of II 2p and an age of about (250 ± 100) × 106 years. The abundance of iron in this cluster matches the abundance in the Sun, indicating that the metallicity of the cluster is essentially solar.
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