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NGC 5985, NGC 5982, NGC 5981
Exposure Data
- Image Field of View: 21.36' x 14.25'
- Camera Field of View: 26.45' x 17.64'
- Scope: 11-inch Aplanatic Schmidt-Cassegrain
- Focal Length: 2,896 mm
- Focal Ratio: f/10
- Camera: Modified Canon T2i (550D)
- ISO: 1600
- Exposure: 40 x 10 minutes (400 minutes total)
- Filter: None
- SQM: 21.81
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NGC 5985, NGC 5982, NGC 5981 are known as the Draco Trio of galaxies. The trio is a beautiful grouping of different galaxy types.
The group is composed of face-on SBb spiral galaxy NGC 5985 (left), E3 elliptical galaxy NGC 5982 (center) and edge-on Sc spiral galaxy NGC 5981 (right).
NGC 5985 is also classified as a Seyfert galaxy.
Although not technically cataloged as a compact galaxy group, the three galaxies all lie 100 million light-years away in the constellation of Draco.
North is to the top in the above image.
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NGC 5985, NGC 5982, NGC 5981
- Catalogs: NGC 5985, NGC 5982, NGC 5981
- Common Name: The Draco Trio
- Object Type:
- NGC 5985: SAB(r)b Galaxy
- NGC 5982: E3 Galaxy
- NGC 5981: Sc? edge-on Galaxy
- Magnitude:
- NGC 5985: 11.5v
- NGC 5982: 11.0v
- NGC 5981: 13.2v
- Size:
- NGC 5985: 5.5' x 3.0'
- NGC 5982: 2.6' x 1.9'
- NGC 5981: 2.7' x 0.3'
- Constellation: Draco
- Image Field Centered At:
- RA: 15h 38m 46s
- Dec: +59° 21' 04"
Individual galaxy coordinates can
be found in the Master List.
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