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| Catalogue and alternative designations |
NGC 5617 |
| Type | Open Cluster |
| Position | 14 29 44, -60 42 42 |
| Constellation | Centaurus |
| Camera and Telescope | STXL16200 and 36.8 cm Ritchey Chretien |
| Focal Ratio | F9 |
| Exposure Details | This is a LRGB image with Luminance = 120 minutes and Red = Green = Blue =50 minutes. Luminance binned 1x1 and colours binned 2x2 using Astrodon filters. |
| Description | NGC 5617 is a fairly prominent open cluster only about 1 degree from Alpha Centauri. It is about 5,770 light years distant, has a visual magnitude of 6.3 and an angular diameter of 10 arcminutes. Also visible in the lower left corner is the more distant cluster Pismis 19. |