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

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NGC 6744, Peter Dunsby
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NGC 6744

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NGC 6744 - Data was capturing over a total of 10 nights. This intermediate spiral galaxy 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 in the main galaxy's outer arm in the upper left of this image.

Lum: 529 X 60 sec 
Red: 200 X 60 sec
Green: 200 X 60 sec
Blue: 200 X 60 sec

Total integration time - 18.82 hours

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NGC 6744, Peter Dunsby