Right ascension 00 14 41.8 Redshift 0.015237 ± 0.000087 Type (R)SB(r)ab Constellation Tucana | Declination −60° 19′ 39″ Helio radial velocity 4570 km/s Magnitude 13.5 Apparent magnitude (V) 13.5 | |
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Distance 200,000,000ly (65,000,000 Parsecs) Similar NGC 52, NGC 54, NGC 57, NGC 37, NGC 38 | ||
NGC 53 is a barred spiral galaxy with a ring in the constellation Tucana. It was discovered by John Herschel on 15 September 1836. He described it as "very faint, small, extended". The galaxy is approximately 120,000 light-years across, making it about as large as the Milky Way.
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