NGC 6744 - Galaxy - a photo on Flickriver

NGC 6744 - Galaxy

            NGC 6744 is a spiral galaxy aproximately 30 million light-years away from Earth, in the constellation Pavo the Peacock.  There is also one distorted companion galaxy (NGC 6744A) superficially similar to one of the Magellanic Clouds orbiting our own Milky Way. It was discovered from Parramatta in Australia by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on 30 June 1826.

As we slowly move towards Summer here in Melbourne, we are starting to get a few clear nights and were able to take advantage of these before we move to daylight savings time.  We were able to image NGC 6744 over 3 nights on the 
12/09/2023, 15/09/2023 and 16/09/2023 culminating in a total of 10 hours integration time on this object.  This is the longest time we have spent on one object since doing the Horse Head nebula several years ago.  The extra integration time enable us to bring out a lot more detail than we normally are able to.  

Equipment Details:

• 6 Inch GSO Ritchey-Chretien (RC) F9 1370mm Focal length
• Skywatcher NEQ6 Mount
• ZWO ASI1600mm Cmos Camera cooled to -10'c
• ZWO EFW7 Filter Wheel
• Baader 36mm unmounted Lum, Red, Green and Blue Filters
• Orion ST80 80mm Guide Scope
• ZWO ASI120mm mini Guide Camera
• ZWO ASIAIR Pro for full automation
• Processed in PixInsight

Exposure Details:

• Lum         175X180 seconds - Bin 1x1
• Red          25X180 seconds - Bin 1x1
• Green        21X180 seconds - Bin 1x1
• Blue         21X180 seconds - Bin 1x1

Total Integration Time: 10 hours.
   

Taken on: October 1, 2023

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