NGC 5053 is the New General Catalogue designation for a globular cluster in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on March 14, 1784 and cataloged as VI-7.

Tidal radius: 89.13 pc (290.7 ly)

Apparent magnitude (V): 9.96

Constellation: Coma Berenices

Distance: 17.4 kpc (57 kly)

Estimated age: 12.3±0.7 Gyr