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NGC5053
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:16:27.0
Declination: +17:41:55
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 9.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: Cl, vF, pL, iR, vgbM, st 15
Sub-type: XI
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5053
17.5" (5/10/86): about two dozen faint stars resolved at 286x over a faint background haze. Very weak concentration with no core. Appears similar to a faint, resolved open cluster. A mag 9.5 star is off the east side 6.5' from the center.
8": faint, fairly large, pale, no resolution.
Likely associated with the tidal stream of the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy according to Law, Majewski (2010).