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NGC53

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 0:14:43.0
Declination: -60:19:43
Constellation: TUC
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, R, bM
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 53

30" (11/6/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): moderately bright and large, elongated 5:3 N-S, 1.2'x0.7'.  Broadly concentrated then suddenly condenses to a sharp stellar nucleus.  A mag 11 star lies 1.7' W of center.  A faint star lies 1' NE of center [on the DSS it appears to be a very close double].  Several mag 10-12 stars are in the field.