Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  IC 858  ·  IC 859  ·  M 53  ·  NGC 5024  ·  NGC 5053  ·  PGC 1524296  ·  PGC 1527870  ·  PGC 1528517  ·  PGC 1531063  ·  PGC 1534110  ·  PGC 1535602  ·  PGC 1535761  ·  PGC 1536788  ·  PGC 1537422  ·  PGC 1538075  ·  PGC 1539843  ·  PGC 1540469  ·  PGC 1540955  ·  PGC 1541184  ·  PGC 1541240  ·  PGC 1542108  ·  PGC 1542323  ·  PGC 1543643  ·  PGC 1543739  ·  PGC 1543765  ·  PGC 1544066  ·  PGC 1544588  ·  PGC 1545204  ·  PGC 1546135  ·  PGC 1547827  ·  And 22 more.
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M 53 and NGC 5053 globular clusters, Riedl Rudolf
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M 53 and NGC 5053 globular clusters

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M 53 and NGC 5053 globular clusters, Riedl Rudolf
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M 53 and NGC 5053 globular clusters

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M53 is a globular cluster in Coma Berenecis. M53 is in a distance of 60.000 Lj and has a diameter of 16 arcmin. 1 deg east of NGC 5053 is another globular cluster in a similar distance of 53.500 Lj.

His diameter is ar. 10 arcmin but he has much less stars concentrated - only about 3500!

Sorry I forgot the date. The picture was taken shortly before full moon!

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M 53 and NGC 5053 globular clusters, Riedl Rudolf