Captured M53 in Coma Berenices—58,000 light-years away. A dense globular cluster, imaged from home.

Captured M53 in Coma Berenices—58,000 light-years away. A dense globular cluster, imaged from home.
Messier 53 is a globular star cluster located in the constellation Coma Berenices, about 58,000 light-years from Earth, and reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed in mid April.