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Date/Location July 4, 2013 KEASA Observatory, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii
Camera and Settings SBIG ST-2000XCM CCD Camera -10°C
Telescope Stellarvue SV102 102 mm apochromatic refractor at f/6.3 (using a Televue 0.8x FF/FR)
Mount Paramount ME
Exposure 120 min (12 x10 min)
Processing CCDOpts, Image Plus 3.0, Photoshop
Other Three galaxies in the constellation Draco. NGC5985 (left) mag. 11.2, 4.0 x 2.0 arcmin; NGC5982 (center) mag. 11.1, 3.1x2.0 arcmin; & NGC5981, mag. 12.9, 2.8x 0.4 arcmin.
NGC5981, 5982 & 5985
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