NGC 6281 is an open cluster of stars in the constellation Scorpius and is 1600 LY away.
The cluster and has 55 members with a visual magnitude of 13.5 or greater within 20 arcminutes of the center.
The brightest member is 9th magnitude. Overall, the cluster has an integrated visual magnitude of 5.4 (wiki)
The cluster is locates in a rich Hydrogen cloud region.
Ha - 60 min bin 1
RGB - 20 min each (bin2)
total of 2 hrs
Imaged with the 16" f3.75 Dream Astrograph.
Apogee Alta U-16M camera.
Imaged from Tivoli farm in Namibia June 2014