This photo of the constellation Draco, the Dragon, shows the Draco Group located in the northern part of the constellation. The Draco Group includes the edge spiral galaxy on the left, NGC 5981, the eliptical galxaxy in the middle, NGC 5982, and the face on galaxy on the right, NGC 5985. The face on galaxy to the right has been shown to be an active galaxy through spectrometry due to its emissions in certain wavelenghths. I found this photo particularly intriguing because we have studied the constellation Draco and recently learned about spectrometry, both of which are included within this APOD. The colorful, variety of galaxies shown in the photo are very eyecatching becuase of their colors and different views (edge/face on views).
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