NGC5953 (Galaxy)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , NGC5953 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 22:39, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:35, 62° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:14, 55° above your south-western horizon.

Name NGC5953
Object type Galaxy
Part of Arp 91
Other names
NGC 5953[1]
Mrk 1512[4]
UGC 9903[2]
PGC 55480[3]
Position
Right ascension:15h34m [3]
Declination:+15°11' [3]
Constellation:Serpens Caput
Magnitude:13.30 (V) [4]
12.98 (B) [1]
9.92 (J) [1]
9.20 (H) [1]
9.16 (K) [1]
Hubble type:S0-a
B-V Color (mag):0.53

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