The Draco Trio (Roland Schliessus)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Draco (Dra) · Contains: NGC 5981 · NGC 5982 · NGC 5985

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The Draco Trio

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The Draco Trio

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The Draco Trio consists of a close grouping of three very different looking galaxies, found in the constellation Draco.
The Spiral galaxy towards the lower right is NGC 5985. Located 140 Million light-years away, this galaxy measures 246,000 light-years across. For comparison, our Milky Way is 185,000 Light years in diameter.
Next up the chain is the fuzzy elliptical galaxy NGC 5982. This galaxy is 130 Million Light Years away and was discovered by Sir William Hershel in 1788. The luminosity of this galaxy comes from very old stars, and the core of the galaxy contains a supermassive black hole.
Finally, we have NGC 5981, which is a spiral galaxy seen edge-on. Located 112 Million Light years away, it is slightly closer than the other two galaxies. If you zoom in on the image you can see a prominent line of dust towards one side.
These galaxies are part of a larger group of galaxies known as the NGC 5982 Cluster.

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RA (center)	15h38m45s.299
RA (top/left)	15h36m59s.349
RA (top/right)	15h38m20s.573
RA (bottom/right)	15h40m30s.188
RA (bottom/left)	15h39m10s.432

Dec (center)	+59°21′24″.62
Dec (top/left)	+59°31′33″.40
Dec (top/right)	+59°04′51″.30
Dec (bottom/right)	+59°11′10″.86
Dec (bottom/left)	+59°37′57″.88

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