Galaxies from the NGC 5866 (M102?) group: NGC 5866 and NGC 5907
NGC 5866 (M102?) |
Extremely elongated edge-on spiral, NGC 5907 |
The two large members of the NGC 5866 group,
NGC 5866 and
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
taken with a 25-inch Newton and a ST-6 CCD camera.
Last Modification: 3 May 1998 16:40 MET