Caldwell 53
C53
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Object
- Type (NASA)
- Lenticular Galaxy
- Distance from Earth
- 32,000,000 light-years
- Apparent magnitude
- 9.9 mag
- NASA description
- Astronomers estimate that the black hole at Caldwell 53's heart has a mass roughly one billion times the mass of our Sun.
Source:NASA Hubble (Messier/Caldwell catalogs) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
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Constellation
In everyday life
- Light from this object takes about 32,000,000 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left 32,000,000 years ago (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 9.9 it is fainter than the naked-eye limit (about 6) — you need binoculars or a telescope.
- It lies in Sextans — find the constellation first to know where to look.