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NGC 5053 — Globular Cluster in Coma Berenices

Globular Cluster Good (54/100)
Magnitude 9.8m GlobularCluster Coma Berenices (Com) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 9.8
Angular Size 4.8′
Cl, vF, pL, iR, vgbM, st 15

Position & Identifiers

RA 13h 16m 27.0s
Dec +17° 41' 51.7"
Constellation Coma Berenices (Com)
Catalog NGC 5053

2How easy to spot?

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

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

Easy on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season Mar – May (peak: Apr)

4 Eyepiece View

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 5053 · 4.8′ diameter · N up, E left

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6 Classification Decoder

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

35 Com
Hard+
Tight double — a rewarding split at 1.2″
Double Star mag 4.90 6.5° Coma Berenices
NGC 4710
Medium+
Edge-on galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.0 6.9° Coma Berenices
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