On this picture you can see trio of (coincidentally) nicely aligned galaxies, located in the constellation Draco, all between 90-140 million light-years from Earth. The three galaxies are (from left) :
an almost face-on (Seyfert type active) spiral NGC 5985 , elliptical galaxy NGC 5982 and edge-on spiral NGC 5981.
It is my second (and much better) attempt to take a picture of this nice group..

Optics:       NoName Newton 192/800
                   + GPU c.c.
Camera:    Atik 428EX
Filters:        LRGB Baader
Mount:      SW AZEQ-5
Guider:       Lacerta MGEN
Exposure:  38x5 min. (L)
                      8x5 min. (R, G, B each), bin 2x2
Software: PixInsight, Photoshop
29.5. 2017

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