Messier 53.
Cúmulo globular en la constelación de coma berenices.
Coordenadas AR: 13:12:55,23 (hh:mm:ss) Dec: +18:10:08,8 (º:’:»)
Magnitud aparente: 7,79
Identificador ngc: 5024
WIKIPEDIA:
El Messier 53 (también conocido como M53 o NGC 5024) es un cúmulo globular situado a 60000 años luz en el centro de nuestra galaxia y a 58000 años luz del Sistema Solar.
En los pequeños telescopios de aficionados aparece como un objeto nebuloso ligeramente ovalado con un centro grande y brillante de superficie lisa bastante luminosa y que se desvanece uniformemente hacia los bordes. Puede ser fácilmente encontrada a un grado noreste de la estrella de magnitud 4 Alpha42.
CRÉDITO IMÁGENES: Funding for the SDSS and SDSS-II has been provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Participating Institutions, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Japanese Monbukagakusho, the Max Planck Society, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England. The SDSS Web Site is http://www.sdss.org/. The SDSS is managed by the Astrophysical Research Consortium for the Participating Institutions. The Participating Institutions are the American Museum of Natural History, Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, University of Basel, University of Cambridge, Case Western Reserve University, University of Chicago, Drexel University, Fermilab, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Japan Participation Group, Johns Hopkins University, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, the Korean Scientist Group, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (LAMOST), Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), the Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics (MPA), New Mexico State University, Ohio State University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Portsmouth, Princeton University, the United States Naval Observatory, and the University of Washington.
