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NGC6053

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 16:5:39.5
Declination: +18:9:53
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 14.7

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: eeF, S, R, v diffic
Sub-type: E2

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 6053 = NGC 6057, which see.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6053 See observing notes for NGC 6057. RNGC misidentifies CGCG 108-129 as NGC 6053.