NGC 5053 (GCL 23) Globular Cluster in Coma Berenices
Located at: RA 13 hours 16 minutes 27 seconds, Dec +17 degrees 41 minutes 53 seconds
Size: 10'; Magnitude: 9.0; Class: 11
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -15c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.53 |
| Image: |
Red (Hoya 25A) filter, 230 minutes (23 x 10 minute subs), 06/29/2006 |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.2, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: |
This 'loose' Globular Cluster is located just under one degree SSE from the brighter globular cluster M 53. See this wonderful color image of the pair by Eric Africa. From the NGC / IC Project: Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 5053 NGC 5053 13 16 26.9 +17 41 52 V = 9.9; Size 9 17.5": 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 E side 6.5' from the center. 8": faint, fairly large, pale, no resolution. - by Steve Gottlieb |