NGC 5982


Combination of 5, 3 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.

NGC 5982 is a bright and moderately large with a bright centre located in Draco. NGC 5981 and NGC 5985 easily visible in field. In the image above, the 3 bright galaxies form a line and from the left they are NGC 5981 (magnitude 13.2), NGC 5982, and NGC 5985 (magnitude 11.1).