Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5981  ·  NGC 5982  ·  NGC 5985
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NGC5981, NGC5982 & NGC5985 LRGB - The Other Triplet, andrea tasselli
NGC5981, NGC5982 & NGC5985 LRGB - The Other Triplet
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NGC5981, NGC5982 & NGC5985 LRGB - The Other Triplet

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NGC5981, NGC5982 & NGC5985 LRGB - The Other Triplet, andrea tasselli
NGC5981, NGC5982 & NGC5985 LRGB - The Other Triplet
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NGC5981, NGC5982 & NGC5985 LRGB - The Other Triplet

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This is triplet is especially interesting (and thus included here despite being other, larger galaxies worthy of a shot in Draco) because it groups together 3 different morphological types, so that you can see them at a glance. I had this fascination with this visual group from seeing the blurry pictures in The Sky's Night Observer Guide of the now deceased Willmann Bell. So I went for it in earlier 2004 with my then main camera, the SX MX716. They barely fit in the FOV of the MK67. Later on I decided that they needed an update with the updated hardware I had at the time, which I duly carried out 5 and 7 years later. They still barely fit. I wonder whether I'll need another remake, this time making sure the fit is way better!

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NGC5981, NGC5982 & NGC5985 LRGB - The Other Triplet, andrea tasselli