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 Draco Trio of galaxies The Draco Trio (NGC 5985, NGC 5982, NGC 5981) consists of a close grouping of three very different looking galaxies, found in the constellation Draco. The Spiral galaxy at the upper right is NGC 5985. Located 140 Million light-years away, this galaxy measures 246,000 light-years across (larger than our Milky WaY). Near the center is elliptical galaxy NGC 5982, about 130 Million Light Years away The luminosity of this galaxy comes from very old stars, and the core of the galaxy contains a supermassive black hole. Finally,at the lower left is NGC 5981, which is a spiral galaxy seen edge-on. Located 112 Million Light years away, it is slightly closer than the other two galaxies. file: NGC5985cc13&CDK17&C11-LRGB1395min2A-1c2sm.jpg Click here for full resolution image Photographic Data Telescopes: Celestron C11 11-inch SCT, 13-inch Classical Cassegrain, Planewave CDK17 Mounts: ZWO AM& harmonic mount, Astro-Physics 1200 & 1600 GOTO mounts Imaging camera: ZWO ASI 2600MC-Pro and ZWO ASI2600 MM-Pro Guiding: Off-axis Exposures: Total of 23.25 hours with CC13, Planewave CDK17 and Celestron C11 SCT (368 min) Photographic site: James Foster Observatory at Pinon Pines Estates (Frazier Park, CA) Bortle 4 at 5,500 ft elevation |
 Crop to spiral galaxy NGC 5985 file: NGC5985cc13&CDK17&C11-LRGB1395min2A-1c1crsg2.jpg Click here for full resolution image |
 Crop to NGC 5981 file: NGC5985cc13&CDK17&C11-LRGB1395min2A-1c2-crNGC5981b3 Click here for full resolution image |
