Draco Triplet of Galaxies 1
NGC 5985, 5981, and 5982 in Draco
are a trio of varied spiral galaxies in 'the dragon,' and are part of a larger group called the 'NGC 5982 Cluster.'
Not to be confused with Draco's other, less known triplet (NGC 5963, 65, 71), NGC 5985 is the SAB(r)b face-on spiral at lower left,
with the elliptical NGC 5982 at center. At upper right is the (Bbc) edge-on, barred spiral, NGC 5981 with its prominent dust lane.
The trio was discovered by William Herschel in 1788 and is over 100,000,000 light-years away from us.
While very small at this resolution, NGC 5985 is over twenty-five percent larger than our own Milky Way galaxy.
This is a collaboration between me and my partner, Pete Proulx, who acquired and calibrated the data.
are a trio of varied spiral galaxies in 'the dragon,' and are part of a larger group called the 'NGC 5982 Cluster.'
Not to be confused with Draco's other, less known triplet (NGC 5963, 65, 71), NGC 5985 is the SAB(r)b face-on spiral at lower left,
with the elliptical NGC 5982 at center. At upper right is the (Bbc) edge-on, barred spiral, NGC 5981 with its prominent dust lane.
The trio was discovered by William Herschel in 1788 and is over 100,000,000 light-years away from us.
While very small at this resolution, NGC 5985 is over twenty-five percent larger than our own Milky Way galaxy.
This is a collaboration between me and my partner, Pete Proulx, who acquired and calibrated the data.