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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke6053.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6053. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars, Stellar Populations And Star Clusters

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M53 is a metal-poor (i.e. old), moderately compact globular cluster in Coma Berenices, belonging to the outer halo of our galaxy. It is—within uncertainties—identical in age to M92 and very rich in variable stars. M53 has a visible magnitude of 7.6 and a distance of about 56 000 light-years from us or 60 000 light-years from the Galactic Center. There is little or no foreground reddening so the d...

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