Cosmic Atlas object record

M53

M53, Messier 53, NGC 5024, NGC5024

M53
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Object type
star_cluster
Constellation
Com
Right ascension
198.225°
Declination
18.16666667°
Reference frame
Not supplied by the source catalog
Distance
59700.00000306471 ly
Distance kind
Not supplied by the source catalog
Uncertainty
Not supplied by the source catalog
Apparent magnitude
7.6
Catalog source
deep_sky_catalog
Catalog epoch
Not supplied by the source catalog
Position epoch
Not supplied by the source catalog
Selection caveat
Not supplied by the source catalog
Cosmology
Not supplied by the source catalog

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