NGC 2053

Summary

NGC 2053 is a star cluster^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 2053 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].
• NGC 2053's image is recorded as NGC 2053 DSS.jpg^[4].
• NGC 2053's instance of is recorded as star cluster^[5].
• NGC 2053's instance of is recorded as galaxy^[6].
• NGC 2053's constellation is recorded as Dorado^[7].
• NGC 2053's part of is recorded as Large Magellanic Cloud^[8].
• NGC 2053's Commons category is recorded as NGC 2053^[9].
• NGC 2053's catalog code is recorded as NGC 2053^[10].
• NGC 2053's catalog code is recorded as ESO 86-17^[11].
• NGC 2053's catalog code is recorded as [SL63] 623^[12].
• NGC 2053's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1837-01-02T00:00:00Z^[13].
• NGC 2053's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.18'}^[14].
• NGC 2053's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.38'}^[15].
• NGC 2053's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121hltjm^[16].
• NGC 2053's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 2053^[17].
• NGC 2053's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 2053^[18].
• NGC 2053's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+84.423333'}^[19].
• NGC 2053's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-67.4136667'}^[20].
• NGC 2053's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[21].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 2053 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 2053 has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]