Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Pavo (Pav)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6744
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NGC 6744, Mathieu Guinot
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NGC 6744

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NGC 6744

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NGC 6744 (also known as Caldwell 101) is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away in the constellation Pavo. It is considered as a Milky Way mimic in our immediate vicinity, displaying flocculent (fluffy) arms and an elongated core. It also has at least one distorted companion galaxy (NGC 6744A) superficially similar to one of the Magellanic clouds.

Data set from Telescope Live with CHI-1 telescope at El Sauce Observatory, Chile.
(Several observations from november 2020 to october 2021 bundled by Telescope Live in this data set) :

L : 28 x 600s
R : 22 x 600s
G : 20 x 600s
B : 17 x 600s

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NGC 6744, Mathieu Guinot

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