Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  M 53  ·  NGC 5024  ·  NGC 5053
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M53 Globular Cluster and NGC 5053 Open Cluster in  Coma Berenices, Brian Valente
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M53 Globular Cluster and NGC 5053 Open Cluster in Coma Berenices

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M53 Globular Cluster and NGC 5053 Open Cluster in  Coma Berenices, Brian Valente
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M53 Globular Cluster and NGC 5053 Open Cluster in Coma Berenices

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continuing the first light series for the Astro-Physics 130EDF-GT and Mach 2

113 x 300 sec unguided with osc camera

I"m pretty sure at this point i'm hitting the limits of my seeing here in a bortle 5-6 sky, despite some nice clear and calm evenings

I'm surprised by the preponderance  of blue stars in NGC 5053, the wiki page offers some interesting notes:

The chemical abundances of the stars in NGC 5053 are more similar to those in the dwarf galaxy Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy than to the Milky Way halo. Along with the kinematics of the globular cluster, this suggests that NGC 5053 may have been stripped from the dwarf galaxy.

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M53 Globular Cluster and NGC 5053 Open Cluster in  Coma Berenices, Brian Valente