NGC5985, 5982 & 5981 in Draco

[vineyard]

Hello,

Last image from Fri 27 March.  I decided to see how far I could push my little Primaluce 72ED (FPL51 glass) so pointed it to NGC5985 in Draco (apparent magnitude 14-15).  Took 25 lights of 120s on an unguided HEQ5Pro - these are the best 16.  Have to say I'm impressed at what that little baby has managed to eke out, its a lovely user-friendly wide field scope.  Lovely to see NGC5981 caught in side-profile.  NGC5982 is just the bright blur between them.  I tried to get the Image Solve process in PI to circle & label them, but it's not working for me (says the image could not be aligned with the reference star field?).

I might try and point a 4" refractor at this region this weekend to see the difference.

Stay safe all,

Vin