Draco Trio

From Sky & Telescope

"Within this  field in Draco, no larger than a half moon, we can see three galaxies of different morphology. The galaxy on the right is NGC 5985, a face on class SBb spiral galaxy. The middle galaxy is NGC 5982, a class E3 elliptical galaxy. The left galaxy is NGC 5981, an edge on class SB spiral galaxy. The three galaxies lie between 100 and 140 million light-years from Earth. Numerous other more distant galaxies are visible throughout the field"

Date :  May 2012
Location : Backridge Observatory, Spruce Knob, West Virginia

Equipment used :
 Lens or telescope -- Homemade 16" Newtonian with MPCC
 Mount -- AP 1200
 Camera -- QSI 583wsg with Lodestar guider

Acquistion Software : ACP, MaxIm DL, Focusmax
Processing Software : MaxIm DL, Photoshop

Exposure Detail : LRGB combine         Total hours  4.9