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I agreeImaging telescope or lens:AG Optical 12.5" iDK
Imaging camera:FLI Microline ML16200
Mount:Astro-Physics AP1100 gto
Guiding telescope or lens:AG Optical 12.5" iDK
Guiding camera:Starlight Xpress Loadestar X2
Software:CCDStack 2
Filter:Astrodon LRGB2
Accessories:ScopeDome 3M, Astrodon MonsterMOAG Off-Axis Guider
Resolution: 4062x3348
Dates:Aug. 31, 2019
Frames: 120x240"
Integration: 8.0 hours
Avg. Moon age: 1.26 days
Avg. Moon phase: 1.77%
Astrometry.net job: 2896289
RA center: 19h 9' 36"
DEC center: -63° 51' 0"
Pixel scale: 0.588 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 178.363 degrees
Field radius: 0.430
Locations: Terip Terip, Murindindi Shire, Victoria, Australia
Data source: Backyard
This is an image of galaxy NGC6744 that lies 30 million light years away in Pavo.
Like the Milky Way, NGC6744 is an intermediate spiral galaxy. Although this galaxy shares the same morphology as our own galaxy, it is twice the size at 200,000 across compared to the Milky Way's 100,000 light years.
Companion dwarf galaxy, NGC6744A can be seen at roughly the eight o'clock position
The image was challenging to process due to gradient problems. I've not yet worked out how it entered the data set.
Location: Central Victorian Highlands, Victoria, Australia
Dates: August 2019
Optics: AG Optical Systems 12.5" iDK,
Focal length 2121 mm
Camera: mono FLI ML16200 with a Loadstar X2 on an Astrodon MOAG off-axis guider.
Adaptive Optics: SXV-AO-LF
Observatory: Scopedome
Acquisition: Voyager
Integration frames: 30 x 240sec luminance, 30 x240sec Red, 30 x 240sec Green, 30 x 240sec Blue.
Angle 179 degrees
RA 19 09' 45"
DEC -63 51 28
Plate size: 44' x 35'
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