NGC 5316 is an open cluster of intermediate age in the southern constellation Centaurus. Discovered by James Dunlop in 1862, it is approximately ~4000 light years away from Earth, in the Carina-Saggitarius arm. The estimated age of NGC 5316 varies quite greatly, the lowest of 51 myr. measured in 1968, while the highest was measured […]

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