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NGC 5866 (M102?)
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Extremely elongated edge-on spiral, NGC 5907
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NGC 5866 (M102?) |
Extremely elongated edge-on spiral, NGC 5907 |
The two large members of the NGC 5866 group, NGC 5866 and NGC 5907. These galaxies are really massive: Burbidge and Burbidge derived a mass of about 1 trillion suns for each of them. They form a physical group together with some smaller galaxies.
Images by John Sefick, taken with a 25-inch Newton and a ST-6 CCD camera.
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Last Modification: 3 May 1998 16:40 MET