NGC 5053
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Globular cluster NGC 5053 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 16 m 27.0 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 41 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Concentration class | XI |
| Brightness (visual) | 9.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 10.0 |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Milky Way |
| Radial velocity | +44 km / s |
| distance | 53.5 ly |
| Absolute brightness | −6.7 mag |
| diameter | 160 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 14, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 5053 • C 1313 + 179 • GCl 23 • IRAS 267 • GC 3472 • h 1569 • Cr 267 • H VI 7 | |
NGC 5053 is a 9.8 mag bright globular cluster in the constellation Haar der Berenike . Its distance is 53,500 light years . Compared to other globular clusters, its stars are much less concentrated, as NGC 5053 only has 3,500 stars over a diameter of about 160 light years . In the night sky it is about 1 ° east of M53 .
NGC 5053 was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 14, 1784 .
Web links
- Deep-Sky Corner
- Spektrum .de: amateur recordings [1]