Object: Globular cluster MESSIER 53 Constell: COM RA: 13h 12.9m Decl: +18° 10' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 7.7m Size: 12.6' Type: 5 Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Hartola, Finland Date/Time: 1./2.3.1992, 01.00 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 63x Filter: Field: 60' NE Lim.mag: 6.0m Background sky: 1-2 Seeing: 2 Weather: Brightness: 2 Alt: Description: A quite concentrated globular cluster. A few bright stars and many faint ones at the limit.