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ngc5981, ngc5982, ngc5985

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Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Draco
  • ngc 5981
  • Location: RA: 15h 37m 54s Dec: +59d 23' 00" Epoch 2000
  • Size: 2.7 x 0.3 arc-minutes
  • Magnitude: 13.0
  • Type: Spiral Galaxy
  • AKA: ugc 9948
  • ngc 5982
  • Location: RA: 15h 38m 42s Dec: +59d 21' 00" Epoch 2000
  • Size: 3.0 x 2.1 arc-minutes
  • Magnitude: 11.1
  • Type: Spiral Galaxy
  • AKA: ugc 9961
  • ngc 5985
  • Location: RA: 15h 39m 36s Dec: +59d 20' 00" Epoch 2000
  • Size: 5.4 x 2.7 arc-minutes
  • Magnitude: 11.1
  • Type: Spiral Galaxy
  • AKA: ugc 9969
Instrument:
Ritchey-Chretien 32" Telescope
Focal Ratio:
f7.2 (prime focus)
Camera:
SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera
(See product review in July, 2004 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.)
Exposure:
10 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
3 x 5 minutes each R/G/B, all unbinned
Guiding:
Off-Axis with STV Autoguider (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)
(See product review in May, 2003 issue of Astronomy magazine.)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment.
Date:
6/01/05
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