Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Pavo (Pav)  ·  Contains:  IC 4960  ·  IC 4967  ·  IC 4970  ·  IC 4971  ·  IC 4972  ·  IC 4981  ·  NGC 6872  ·  NGC 6876  ·  NGC 6877  ·  NGC 6880
Condor Galaxy, Jan Scheers
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Condor Galaxy

Condor Galaxy, Jan Scheers
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Condor Galaxy

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NGC 6872, also known as the Condor Galaxy, is a massive barred spiral galaxy located in the southern constellation  Pavo.The galaxy has a distinct shape of the integral sign. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 12.7 and is approximately 220 million light years distant from Earth. The galaxy is currently in the process of interacting with a lenticular galaxy, IC 4970.

This image was captured with the Planewave CDK24 telescope and FLI PL9000 camera from Telescope Live in El Sauce Observatory, Chile.
Total exposure time: 65 minutes; LRGB 4:3:3:3 subs of 300s

Processing with Astro Pixel Processor, Photoshop CC with AstroPanel V4.2, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI and Denoise Projects 3 plug-ins.

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Condor Galaxy, Jan Scheers