Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5981  ·  NGC 5982  ·  NGC 5985
Draco Trio, James E.
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Draco Trio

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Draco Trio

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The Draco Trio consists of NGC 5981 (edge-on SB spiral), NGC 5982 (E3 elliptical) and NGC 5985 (face-on SBb spiral). While the group is too small to be a galaxy cluster and has not been catalogued as a compact group, these galaxies all are roughly 100 million miles from the Earth. Using spectrographs, NGC 5985 has been classified as a Seyfert - a type of active galaxy.

Credit: APOD July 1, 2009

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