NGC 6744
NGC 6744
NGC 6744 (Caldwell 101, ESO 104-42, PGC 62836 and others) is an intermediate spiral galaxy located
approximately 31 million light-years away in Pavo.
NGC 6744A (ESO 104-38, PGC 62815 and others) is a companion galaxy found in the arms above and to the
right.
Luminance – 10x600s – 100 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 7:7:9x600s – 70:70:90 minutes each – binned 1x1
330 minutes total exposure – 5 hours 30 minutes
Imaged November 7th, 2020 and April 10th, May 6th and 17th, 2021 at the El Sauce Observatory (Rio
Hurtado, Chile) with a FLI PL 9000 on a PlaneWave CDK24 at f/6.5 3974 mm.
This is a Telescope Live (https://telescope.live/) “One-Click Observation.”
LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/51199578909/sizes/l/
approximately 31 million light-years away in Pavo.
NGC 6744A (ESO 104-38, PGC 62815 and others) is a companion galaxy found in the arms above and to the
right.
Luminance – 10x600s – 100 minutes – binned 1x1
RGB – 7:7:9x600s – 70:70:90 minutes each – binned 1x1
330 minutes total exposure – 5 hours 30 minutes
Imaged November 7th, 2020 and April 10th, May 6th and 17th, 2021 at the El Sauce Observatory (Rio
Hurtado, Chile) with a FLI PL 9000 on a PlaneWave CDK24 at f/6.5 3974 mm.
This is a Telescope Live (https://telescope.live/) “One-Click Observation.”
LRGB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson/51199578909/sizes/l/
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
PlaneWave CDK24
Camera
FLI PL 9000
Location
El Sauce Observatory (Rio Hurtado, Chile)
Date of observation
2020-11-07,2021-04-10,05-06,17
Filters
LRGB
Processing
Adobe PhotoShop CS5
Credits
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcrowson
