Q50648

Also known as New General Catalogue 53

spiral galaxy in the constellation Tucana

Key facts

Constellation: Tucana
Right ascension: 00 14 41.8
Declination: −60 ° 19 ′ 39 ″
Redshift: 0.015237 ± 0.000087
Heliocentric radial velocity: 4570 km/s
Distance: 200,000,000 ly (65,000,000 Parsecs )
Type: (R)SB(r)ab
Size: 120,000 light years
Apparent size v: 1.698′ × 1.047′

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 70.98
Image: NGC 53 DECam.png

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Commons category: NGC 53
catalog code: Gaia DR2 4905747486994317440
galaxy morphological type: SBb
redshift: 0.015237
time of discovery or invention: 1836-09-15
apparent magnitude: 10.021
right ascension: 3.67859385688510
declination: -60.32838536549180
radial velocity: 4547

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NGC 53 is a ringed barred spiral galaxy 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.