A Field of Galaxies in Ursa Major (Michel Makhlouta)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: NGC 2985 · NGC 3027 · NGC 3065 · NGC 3066 · PGC 2745922 · PGC 2746142 · PGC 2746176 · PGC 2746180 · PGC 2746377 · PGC 2746385 · PGC 2746744 · PGC 2746776 · PGC 2747180 · PGC 2747298 · PGC 2747486 · PGC 2747711 · PGC 2747887 · PGC 2747959 · PGC 2748001 · PGC 2749036 · PGC 2749223 · PGC 2749374 · PGC 2832058 · PGC 28411 · PGC 28608

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A Field of Galaxies in Ursa Major

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A Field of Galaxies in Ursa Major

A field with many galaxies in the Ursa Major constellation, while four of them are very prominent, there are many in the background that are too small in this image.

On the right, we have two spiral galaxies NGC 3065 and NGC 3066, which seem to be neighbors, but the first is 94 million light years away while the latter is 138 million light years.

NGC 3027 is a barred spiral galaxy, located in the center of this image and 51 million light years from our planet Earth.

NGC 2985, to the left, is located at 70 million light years away.

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RA (center)	09h55m51s.80
RA (top/left)	09h49m01s.91
RA (top/right)	10h02m39s.47
RA (bottom/right)	10h02m56s.20
RA (bottom/left)	09h48m49s.72

Dec (center)	+72°07′53″.3
Dec (top/left)	+71°48′34″.6
Dec (top/right)	+71°48′19″.10
Dec (bottom/right)	+72°26′17″.9
Dec (bottom/left)	+72°26′33″.5

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