NGC 53
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.
Q2490
barred spiral galaxy
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Q10567
Tucana
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Q14278
John Herschel
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Q318
galaxy
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Q531
light-year
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Q321
Milky Way
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Q50648
NGC 53
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1836-09-15T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
15 September 1836
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+53^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
53
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+120.000^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
120,000
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