Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  M 102  ·  NGC 5862  ·  NGC 5866  ·  NGC 5867  ·  Spindle galaxy
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M102, the Spindle Galaxy, Matteo Mooren
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M102, the Spindle Galaxy

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M102, the Spindle Galaxy, Matteo Mooren
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M102, the Spindle Galaxy

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Object type : Lenticular Galaxy

Distance : 57 million lightyears

Starcount : 100 billion

Diameter : 60,000 lightyears

Difficult object to photograph because it's very small (5x2 arcminutes). That's why I cropped the image very much. Most important for me was to make the dust lane visible, and it is visible. There is not much more detail visible, but I am happy with this result.

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M102, the Spindle Galaxy, Matteo Mooren