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NGC 53

{{short description|Ringed barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Tucana}}

{{infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 53

| image = File:NGC 53 DECam.png

| image_size = 300px

| caption = DECam image of NGC 53 and nearby stars

| epoch = 2000.0

| constellation name = Tucana

| ra = {{RA|00|14|41.8}}

| dec = {{DEC|-60|19|39}}

| h_radial_v = {{nowrap|4570 km/s}}

| dist_ly = 200,000,000ly (65,000,000 Parsecs)

| type = (R)SB(r)ab

| z = 0.015237 ± 0.000087

| size_v = 1.698′ × 1.047′

| size = 120,000 light years

| appmag_v = 13.50

| names = PGC 982 ESO 111- G 020 ESO 001215-6036.4 AM 0012-603 FAIRALL 3 2MASX J00144279-6019425 IRAS F00122-6036 SGC 01215-6036.4 ESO-LV 1110200 2MIG 25 6dF J0014427-601942 6dF J0014428-601942 APMBGC 111-079+028 APMUKS(BJ) B001216.14-603622.4

}}

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.

See also

References

{{reflist

| colwidth = 40em

| refs =

{{cite web

| title = Category:NGC 53 - Wikimedia commons

| url = http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:NGC_53

| access-date = 2013-08-23

}}

{{cite web

| title = New General Catalog Objects: NGC 50 - 99

| url = http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc0a.htm

| access-date = 2013-08-23

}}

{{cite web

| title = parsecs to lightyears conversion

| url = http://www.unitconversion.org/length/parsecs-to-light-years-conversion.html

| access-date = 2013-08-23

}}

{{cite web

| title = NGC 53 - Galaxy - WIKISKY

| url = http://server7.wikisky.org/starview?object_type=2&object_id=4680

| access-date = 2013-08-23

}}

{{cite web

| title = NGC 53 » Deep Sky Objects Browser

| url = http://dso-browser.com/dso/info/NGC/53

| access-date = 2013-08-23

| archive-date = 2014-12-06

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141206111047/http://dso-browser.com/dso/info/NGC/53

| url-status = dead

}}

{{cite web

| title = NED search results for NGC 53

| url = http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+53&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES

| access-date = 2013-08-23

}}

}}

External links

  • {{commons category-inline}}
  • {{WikiSky}}
  • [http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC53 SEDS]

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{{Catalogs|NGC=53|PGC=982}}

{{Tucana}}

{{Sky|00|14|41.8||-60|19|39|190000000}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:NGC 0052}}

0053

00982

NGC 0053

Category:IRAS catalogue objects

18360915

Category:Discoveries by John Herschel

Category:Tucana