M102 candidate NGC 5866, a lenticular or very early spiral galaxy seen almost exactly edge-on, as photographed by Tim Hunter and James McGaha with their 24-inch f/5 reflector and Apogee AP 7 CCD camera, at Grasslands Observatory. This image is a 3-color composite. Exposures with approximate times: Red (R) = 4 minutes, Green (V) = 4 minutes, and Blue (B) = 6 minutes.

M102 as photographed by Tim Hunter and James McGaha with their 12-inch Meade LX20 and Apogee KX260 CCD camera at 3towers Observatory. This is a simple b/w CCD image.

Wayne Johnson of the Orange County Astronomers (OCA) obtained this CCD image of M102 candidate NGC 5866 with the 22-inch Kuhn Telescope and OCA CCD camera. This is a 60-second image, 15 Jul 1996 at 06:49 UT.

CCD Image of NGC 5866 by the University of Arizona Astronomy Club

John Sefick's image of M102 candidate NGC 5866

View John Sefick's photos of NGC 5866 and its group partner, NGC 5907, in comparison.

Jan Wisniewski's image of M102 candidate NGC 5866. This image was taken on March 21, 1999 from Sooke, BC using Cookbook 245 LDC CCD camera on Ultima 8 f6.3 telescope, autoguided with Cookbook 211 LDC CCD camera on piggybacked 500mm f8 telephoto lens. It is composed of W (4 x 4 min.) integrations processed with Multi245, AIP245, as well as PhotoPaint 8.

Jack Schmidling obtained this image of M102 candidate NGC 5866 as a 20 minute exposure with the MX5 CCD camera through his 16" Newtonian telescope. It was his Photo of the Week around March 5, 2001.

Last Modification: June 9, 2006