Name: The "Draco trio"

Constellation:Draco

Instrument: 8-inch F5 reflector with sky watcher coma corrector and a modified Nikon D3300.

Exposure time: A stack of 16 five-minute exposures at ISO 800.

Star Chart from Michael Vlasov's Deep sky hunter star atlas available on line https://www.deepskywatch.com/deep-sky-hunter-atlas.html

  
 

Magnitude:

NGC 5981 - 14.2

NGC 5982 - 11.0

NGC 5985 - 14.2

Angular size:

NGC 5981- 2.6' X 0.3'

NGC 5982 - 3.0' X 2.1'

NGC 5985 - 5.5'

These three galaxies are all below the 10' of arc limit I had placed on the size of objects. However, they are an interesting grouping that shows three different galaxy classifications (5981 - edge-on, 5982 - elliptical, 5985 - spiral) next to each other. That makes them unique and a celestial showpiece. Visually, they require large telescopes to see.

 

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