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Draco Triplet, NGC5985-82-81 Location, RA. 15:59:37 Dec 59:20, In the middle, just above the "loop" of the constellation of Draco Image cropped from, and reduced to 35% of original. Taken from my semi urban back yard 05-27-2019 Field of View, about 20x30 arc minutes For a full rez, image, cluck HERE
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A nice lineup of 3 galaxies, and at least a half dozen small to tiny faint ones. All about the same distance (100-130 million light years) away. The center elliptical (S3 class) galaxy is thought to be the result of a merger of two spiral galaxies. The outside galaxies are both barred spirals, (like our Milky Way), with the right hand NGC5985 about twice the size of the M.W. The left side, edge on, NGC5981 is almost as big. These three are close enough and large enough to be useful study objects for astronomers, but they have to use big scopes and the right equipment. A Goggle search will find many references to them.
Although very nice (better than mine) amateur photo's exist of the "Draco Triplet", I was quite pleased to get these very faint objects as well as I did, with just modest equipment, and from my semi urban, light polluted back yard.
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11" Celestron Edge, f10 - 2800mm F.L., Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope Canon
5D Mark II, spectrum enhanced camera, placed at the scope's prime focus,
IDAS's Light Pollution Filter |