Globular cluster · Coma Berenices

M 53

Also known as NGC 5024

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Type

Globular cluster

Constellation

Coma Berenices

Position (J2000)

13h 12m 55s · +18° 10′ 09″

Discovered

by Johann Elert Bode in 1775

Pictures

1

Magnitude

7.79

visual

Size

9′

Distance

~58,000 ly

Best months

Mar–May

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.