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

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NGC 6744

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NGC 6744, one of the galaxies most similar to our Milky Way, is situated in the constellation of Pavo at a distance of about 30 million light-years.
NGC 6744 is bigger than the Milky Way, with a disk stretching 175,000 light-years across. A small, distorted companion galaxy is located nearby, which is similar to our galaxy's Large Magellanic Cloud. This companion, called NGC 6744A, can be seen as a blob in the main galaxy's outer arm, at upper right.
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Imaged in LRGB and H alpha on the CDK 1000 (RGB RiDK 700) at El Sauce, Chile. Outer edge of image is outside the FOV of the CDK 1000, data was used from the RiDK 700.
Total Integration time: 35 hours

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