NGC 6744

2021July 2021
Written By Jason Matter
Image Description and Details : NGC 6744 is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Pavo. It is considered as a Milky Way mimic. Imaged in LRGB and H alpha at El Sauce, Chile OTA: CDK 1000 Camera: PL 16803 12 hours Lum 720s, 5 hours per channel RGB 900s, 9 hours Ha 1200s (Ha from RiDK 500 scope) Image Processing: Mike SelbyCopyright: Mike Selby

Image Description and Details : 

NGC 6744 is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Pavo. It is considered as a Milky Way mimic.
Imaged in LRGB and H alpha at El Sauce, Chile
OTA: CDK 1000
Camera: PL 16803
12 hours Lum 720s, 5 hours per channel RGB 900s, 9 hours Ha 1200s (Ha from RiDK 500 scope)
Image Processing: Mike Selby

Copyright: Mike Selby

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