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NGC 5053

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Right ascension: 13h 16m 27.09s
Declination: +17° 42′ 00.9″
Galactic l, b: 335.7, 78.95
Magnitude V: 9.96
Parallax: 0.05 mas
Redshift z: 0.00014177
Radial velocity: 42.5 km/s
Proper motion: -0.37, -1.26 mas/yr
Angular size: 9.6′ × 9.6′

Also known as

4 identifiers

C 1313+179GCl 23NGC 5053[KPS2012] MWSC 2101

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
Cl* NGC 5053 SMBS 13	SXPheV*	46.01″	19.58
Cl* NGC 5053 P C	RGB*	59.54″	14.01
Cl* NGC 5053 SM 20	RGB*	69.33″	15.25
Cl* NGC 5053 SMBS 7	SXPheV*	73.95″	19.39
Cl* NGC 5053 SM 18	RGB*	79.33″	15.22
Cl* NGC 5053 SAW V10	RRLyrae	90.29″	—
NGC 5053 2	ChemPec*	95.7″	16.08
Cl* NGC 5053 SMBS 5	SXPheV*	96.92″	18.97
Cl* NGC 5053 SM 4	RGB*	103.1″	14.46
NGC 5053 97	RGB*	106″	15.14
Cl* NGC 5053 BAA V8	RRLyrae	106.8″	16.64

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-5053 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.