Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5862  ·  NGC 5866  ·  NGC 5867
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M102 (NGC5866), Rich Sornborger
M102 (NGC5866)
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M102 (NGC5866)

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M102 (NGC5866), Rich Sornborger
M102 (NGC5866)
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M102 (NGC5866)

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NGC 5866 (one of two galaxies commonly called the Spindle Galaxy) is a lenticular galaxy in the constellationDraco. This galaxy appears to closely match both the object description (by Pierre Méchain) in the printed version of the Messier Catalog of 1781, and the object position given by Charles Messier in hand-written notes on his personal list of the Messier Catalogue.

M102 is located 44 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Draco and has an apparent magnitude of 10.7

It's relatively small given my 10" aperture, but doable.  It needs A LOT more integration time to bring out the wispy clouds surrounding the galaxy, but overall I'm pleased given only one night of imaging the target.

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M102 (NGC5866), Rich Sornborger

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