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NGC2053
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 5:37:39.8
Declination: -67:24:47
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 12.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1837
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: F, pL, lE, gbM
Sub-type: OCL
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2053
14" (4/4/16 - Coonabarabran, 142x and 184x): fairly bright, relatively large, slightly elongated N-S, 1.0' diameter, smooth glow at 142x, slightly mottled at 184x. A mag 12 star is 1.2' W. Located 23' W of mag 7.0 HD 38616 and ~15' NE of the showpiece Seagull Nebula complex (NGC 2030, 2032, 2035, 2040).
S-L 628 lies 7' NE. It was immediately seen as an moderately bright, fairly small glow, round, 25" diameter, fairly high surface brightness, no resolution.