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NGC 5053 68

RGB* SIMBAD RG* 12 papers

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Right ascension: 13h 16m 25.58s
Declination: +17° 44′ 02.2″
Galactic l, b: 335.76, 78.98
Magnitude V: 15.11
Parallax: 0.1858 mas
Redshift z: 0.00014854
Radial velocity: 44.527 km/s
Proper motion: -0.51, -1.206 mas/yr

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
Cl* NGC 5053 SMBS 11	SXPheV*	14.11″	19.57
Cl* NGC 5053 SMBS 5	SXPheV*	53.22″	18.97
Cl* NGC 5053 SKJ Q	Star	82.55″	15.62
Cl* NGC 5053 BAA V7	RRLyrae	90.86″	16.53
Cl* NGC 5053 SM 4	RGB*	103.8″	14.46
NGC 5053	GlobCluster	123.3″	9.96
Cl* NGC 5053 SM 19	RGB*	123.7″	15.24
Cl* NGC 5053 SMBS 13	SXPheV*	123.8″	19.58
Cl* NGC 5053 SAW V10	RRLyrae	125.2″	—
Cl* NGC 5053 SM 20	RGB*	137″	15.25
Cl* NGC 5053 BAA V6	RRLyrae	140.7″	15.71

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-5053-68 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.