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The Draco Galaxy Trio (Click on photo and then click again for a full resolution image).

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The Draco Galaxy Trio

The Draco Galaxy Trio composed of NGC 5985 - a face-on spiral galaxy, NGC 5982 - a massive elliptical galaxy, and NGC 5981 - an edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Draco located at respective distances: 140 million, 130 million and 112 million light years from Earth.

Image acquisition and processing information

Date: June 26th 2025
Telescope: Celestron Edge HD 14" telescope at F11
Mount: Astro-Physics AP-1200 GTO CP3
Camera: ZWO ASI-2400 MC Pro one-shot-color camera
Guiding: Innovations Foresight Full Frame On-Axis Guider ONAG XM, Camera: ASI-294MC Pro
Exposures: 75 three-minute exposures (unity gain)
Image acquisition and guiding: ASIAIR Plus

Image processing Software: PixInsight v. 1.8.9-2