Draco Trio It’s three galaxies known as the Draco Trio, which I find interesting because of the combination and diversity of the edge-on spiral galaxy (NGC 5981), the elliptical galaxy (NGC 5982 - estimated to be approximately 100 million light years in diameter, slightly larger than the Milky Way), and the somewhat face-on galaxy (NGC 5985). Though they appear as a group from our vantage point, the distances to each may vary from as much as 80 to 130 million light years from us, so they are probably not connected at all. I also like the smattering of far more distant galaxies visible through
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