- Description: A really nice sampling of galaxies in Draco - a face-on spiral, an elliptical and
an edge-on. NGC5985 is the largest on the left. measuring 5.5 x 2.9 arc minutes, it shines at
magnitude 11.9. Beside it is E3 elliptical NGC5982. Magnitude 12.0, 2.,5 x 1.8 arc minutes. Finally,
NGC5981 is the edge-on at magnitude 13.9 measuring 3.1 x 0.6 arc minutes.
- Film: Kodak hypered Tech Pan 2415
- Scope: 8" f6 Newtonian
- Guiding: Off-axis guider, manual.
- Exposure: 45 minutes
- Location: Summit of Mt. Kobau, B.C.
- Date: 27 August, 1992
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