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This is a galaxy trio called The Draco Group. It is a trio of galaxies in the constellation Draco. They are about 100 million light years from earth and are comprised of two barred spiral galaxies; one face on (NGC 5985) and the other edge on (NGC 5981). The third member of the trio is a face on elliptical galaxy (NGC 5982). They are all about 100 million light years from earth. In the picture the galaxies from left to right are NGC 5985, NGC 5982, and NGC 5981)

Location: Rancho Hidalgo, NM
Telescope: TEC-140 (F7)
Camera: SBIG ST-8300M
Mount: AP900 GTO
Luminance: 11x10 minutes
Red: 6x10 minutes
Green: 6x10 minutes
Blue: 6x10 minutes

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Comment by Trevor Woodrow on July 16, 2011 at 10:56am
Fantastic Bernard, cannot believe the amount of detail you teased out of these little guys. Top notch!
Comment by Bernard Miller on July 15, 2011 at 10:34pm
Philip,

Thanks. I was pleased with the processing on this one. I am glad you enjoyed it. To think these are 100 million light years away.

Bernard
Comment by Philip A Cruden on July 14, 2011 at 10:04pm
Bernard, this is fantastic, love the feeling of dimension with the colors.
Comment by Bernard Miller on July 10, 2011 at 9:26pm
Thanks guys.
Comment by spike77 on July 10, 2011 at 9:34am
very nice
Comment by Steve Coates on July 10, 2011 at 9:20am
Cool target and nicely processed.

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