Jim Burnell's CCD Images - NGC5985 & Companions Clicking on the image will display a high-resolution view.

 

Object: NGC5985 Group	Galaxy Group	Const.: Draco
Camera: SXV-H9	Scope: Vixen R200SS	Mount: Losmandy Titan
Filter(s): IR block	Exposure: 10x8m	TeleVue Paracorr
A trio of galaxies including the brighter galaxies (from left to right) NGC5985, NGC5982 and NGC5981, in Draco. Spread across the background you can also see dozens of fainter galaxies. This image is a stack of 10 eight minute exposures using an SXV-H9 CCD camera on a Vixen R200SS 8" f/4 Newtonian equipped with a Paracorr. The exposures were calibrated, defect-corrected and stacked using AIP4WIN. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 1380x1035.