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OKay here is all the info regarding the object and whatever maps skymap was using. Limiting magnitude was 11.
Basic object information
Name: NGC 6231
Popular name: Table of Scorpius
Type of object: Open cluster
Magnitude: 2.0
Size: 15.0'
Position (epoch of date)
Right ascension: 16h 54m 40s
Declination: -41° 50' 15"
Constellation: Scorpius
Local information
Altitude: -13° 22' 2"
Azimuth: 181° 59' 45"
Rise: 14h 46m 31s
Transit: 23h 23m 29s
Set: 8h 4m 24s
Star atlas chart numbers:
Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas, Chart C-80
Millennium Star Atlas, Charts 1459-1460 (Vol III)
Sky Atlas 2000.0, Chart 22
Uranometria 2000 Chart 407, Vol 2
Revised NGC/IC Catalog Data
Wolfgang Steinicke, Feb 2001
Names and designations
NGC 6231
OCL 997
ESO 332-SC6
Type of object: Open cluster
Catalog position for epoch J2000.0
Right ascension: 16h 54m 10.8s
Declination: -41° 49' 27"
Object information
Magnitude: 2.0
Size: 15.0'
Object classification: I3p
Saguaro Astronomy Club v7.2 Catalog Data
Saguaro Astronomy Club, August 2000
Names and designations
NGC 6231
Dunlop 520
Type of object: Open cluster
Catalog position for epoch J2000.0
Right ascension: 16h 54m 12.0s
Declination: -41° 49' 00"
Constellation: Scorpius
Object information
Magnitude: 2.6
Size: 15.0'
Magnitude of brightest star: 4.7
Object classification: I 3 p n
Description: Cl,B,cL,pRi,st10..13
Notes: Table of Scorpius;If at dist of Pleiades 8 Bri *s =Sirius
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