NGC5953 (Galaxy)

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

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From South El Monte , NGC5953 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 23:03 (PST) and reaching an altitude of 70° above the southern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:35.

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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:	15^h34^m ^[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]
Angular dimensions:	1.5 arcmin x 1.1 arcmin
Position angle:	Major axis 50.0°E of N
Hubble type:	S0-a
B-V Color (mag):	0.53

Sources

^[1]	OpenNGC (Mattia Verga)

^[2]	"Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies", P. Nilson, 1973.

^[3]	"HYPERLEDA. I. Identification and designation of galaxies", G. Paturel et al., 2003.

^[4]	First Byurakan Survey (FBS) (Markarian et al., 1989)

Visibility from South El Monte

All times shown in South El Monte local time.

South El Monte

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Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
PST

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