Combination of 10, 3 minute exposures, SBIG ST9XE CCD.
300mm f/6 newtonian telescope at prime focus.
NGC 5985 is a beautiful spiral galaxy in Draco, and the brightest member of a line of three galaxies, all of which are visible in the above image. NGC 5985 is the eastern (left) galaxy, then comes NGC 5982 and finally the edge-on galaxy, NGC 5981. Although NGC 5985 is the brightest of the three, I find NGC 5982 to be easier to observe due to its higher surface brightness. The faint galaxy to the north (above) of NGC 5985, is the 17.4 magnitude PGC 2590275.
