The Draco Trio (NGC 5981, 5982, and 5985)

Posted by rflinn68
on Tuesday, April 22, 2014

This small group of galaxies in Draco is about 100 million Light Years away. According to Stellarium the face-on spiral, NGC 5985, is only 5' 30" and is magnitude 11.00. The elliptical galaxy in the middle, NGC 5982, is 2' 54" and magnitude 11.10. The edge-on galaxy, NGC 5981, is 2' 48" and is magnitude 13.00. There are several smaller galaxies in the background.

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