Observation by John Bell: M53 & NGC5053

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John Bell

Observer

John Bell

Observed

2018 May 15 - 00:15

Uploaded

2018 May 17 - 00:30

Objects

NGC5053
M53

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Constellation

Coma Berenices

Field centre

RA: 13^h14^m
Dec: +18°03'
Position angle: +51°20'

Field size

1°33' × 0°50'

Equipment

10" f4 iso3200
EQ8
Sony A7S

Exposure

20x90sec

Location

Haversham, Milton Keynes

Target name

M53 and NGC5053

Title

M53 & NGC5053

About this image

Nice pair of globular clusters in Coma. The fainter cluster is actually closer, but is one of the less luminous globular clusters.

Files associated with this observation

Messier53-1x.jpg (804.2 kB)

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