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NGC 5353 — Galaxy in Canes Venatici

Galaxy Fair (39/100)

Lenticular

Magnitude 11.1m Galaxy Canes Venatici (CVn) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 11.1
Angular Size 2.4′ × 1.2′
Position Angle 152°
Distance 106.30 million ly
Galaxy Type Lenticular (S0)
pB, S, R, 2nd of 4

Position & Identifiers

RA 13h 53m 26.7s
Dec +40° 16' 58.8"
Constellation Canes Venatici (CVn)
Catalog NGC 5353

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Medium Hard+ Hard
150mm Newt. Easy Medium+ Medium
C8 203mm Easy Easy Medium+
Easy Medium Hard Very hard Impossible

Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs

Medium on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season Mar – May (peak: Apr)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 5353 · 2.4′×1.2′ · N up, E left

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NGC 5354
Medium
Bright spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.5 0.0° Canes Venatici
NGC 5350
Medium
Barred spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.4 0.1° Canes Venatici
NGC 5351
Hard+
Barred spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.1 2.4° Canes Venatici
NGC 5380
Hard+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 13.0 2.8° Canes Venatici
25 CVn
Medium
Tight double — a rewarding split at 1.7″
Double Star mag 4.82 5.1° Canes Venatici
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