Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Pavo (Pav)  ·  Contains:  IC 4970  ·  IC 4971  ·  IC 4972  ·  NGC 6872  ·  NGC 6876
Condor Galaxy - NGC 6872, jlangston_astro
Condor Galaxy - NGC 6872
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Condor Galaxy - NGC 6872

Condor Galaxy - NGC 6872, jlangston_astro
Condor Galaxy - NGC 6872
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Condor Galaxy - NGC 6872

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A large barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Pavo. It is 212 million light-years from Earth and is approximately five billion years old. NGC 6872 is interacting with the lenticular galaxy IC 4970.

I had poor seeing so had to cull alot of subs.  I did throw in about 30min of Ha to blend with red channel too.

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Condor Galaxy - NGC 6872, jlangston_astro