Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5976  ·  NGC 5981  ·  NGC 5982  ·  NGC 5985
The Draco Trio, Derek Santiago
The Draco Trio
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The Draco Trio, Derek Santiago
The Draco Trio
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Description

Top to bottom are: face on spiral NGC 5985, elliptical NGC 5982 and edge on spiral 5981. The trio is between 100 and 140 million light years distant.

Imaging Camera: QSI640wsg

Imaging Scope: Celestron 9.25"Edge HD at f/7

Guide Camera: SX Lodestarx2

Mount: Avalon M-Uno Fast Reverse

Filters: Astrodon Gen II LRGB

Exposure: 300 min Lum, 5min subs binx1, 100 min each RGB, 2.5 minute subs binx2.

Capture: APT

Processing: CCD Stack and PS CC

Date: 5/20/20- 5/21/20

Sky conditions: Below average seeing, bortle white skies, SQM 17.8 mag/arc-sec2

Location: My front driveway. Morristown, NJ

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The Draco Trio, Derek Santiago

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