Ngc 6744

[RickS (Rick)]

I've been quiet for a few weeks on hols and a work trip overseas, but I'm baaack now

NGC 6744 is a Milky Way-like spiral galaxy approximately 30 million light-years away in the Southern constellation of Pavo. The satellite galaxy at approximately 11 o'clock is NGC 6744A.

Captured at Heaven's Mirror observatory (Martin Pugh) at Yass, NSW.

Scope: Planewave CDK17 @ f/6.8 = 2939mm FL
Mount: Paramount ME
Camera: SBIG STXL-11002/AOX
Filters: Astrodon LRGB gen II, 3nm NB
Image scale: 0.63 arcsec/pixel
Exposures: 9x1200s R, 15x1200s G, 15x1200s B, 21x1200s L, 12x1800s x2 Ha (26 hours)
Processing: PixInsight 1.8.5

High res version available on Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/full/358546/0/

Comments and constructive criticism appreciated.

Cheers,
Rick.

[atalas]

fully sick and

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Fantastic image of this galaxy Rick, the equipment and supplied data is top quality for sure but your processing is spot on, very nice job

Mike

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Best I can recall of 6744.

Dumb question - wondering about the reason less subs in R than the others. Is it because the Ha picks up the shortfall to some extent? Or was the S/N good enough to stop at 6?

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

That image is Devine. Heavenly even. I don't recall seeing better either.

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by atalas

fully sick and

Thanks, Louie!

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Fantastic image of this galaxy Rick, the equipment and supplied data is top quality for sure but your processing is spot on, very nice job

Thanks, Mike. For a change I don't think I went too far with the contrast and saturation. Maybe I got away with the decon too

Originally Posted by troypiggo

Best I can recall of 6744.

Dumb question - wondering about the reason less subs in R than the others. Is it because the Ha picks up the shortfall to some extent? Or was the S/N good enough to stop at 6?

Ta, Troy. It was a typo... actually 9x1200s Red. I would have liked more but that's all we managed to get so far between weather and moon. You make do with what you have

[LewisM]

Oompahpah, oompahpah that's how it goes...

[omegacrux (David)]

I don't normally comment on stuff
But geez I like this one

David

[Peter Ward]

An A-list image.

Well done.

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

Rick (and Martin) that's an astonishing image. Superbly done.

[Benjamin (Ben)]

Wow! Loved panning around the image and taking it in all that lovely detail and colour, and finding all those other tiny galaxies in the background.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Hubblesque! Top shelf. That CDK's singing.

[gregbradley]

Superb Rick. Top notch.

Greg.

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Uh oh Rick's back...

Fabulous image. Love it.

[Capella_Ben (Ben)]

Got to echo everyone else's comments - Superb!!!

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Nothing much to say Rick except that that's a superbly detailed NGC 6744. Well done!

Cheers

Steve

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by cometcatcher

That image is Devine. Heavenly even. I don't recall seeing better either.

Thanks, Kevin.

Originally Posted by LewisM

Oompahpah, oompahpah that's how it goes...

Not my kind of music, Lewis, but thanks, I think

Originally Posted by omegacrux

I don't normally comment on stuff
But geez I like this one

Thanks, David.

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

An A-list image.

Well done.

Thanks, Peter.

Originally Posted by Placidus

Rick (and Martin) that's an astonishing image. Superbly done.

Ta, M&T.

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Wow! Loved panning around the image and taking it in all that lovely detail and colour, and finding all those other tiny galaxies in the background.

Thanks, Ben.

Originally Posted by multiweb

Hubblesque! Top shelf. That CDK's singing.

It is indeed, thanks Marc.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Superb Rick. Top notch.

Thanks, Greg.

Originally Posted by Retrograde

Uh oh Rick's back...

Fabulous image. Love it.

Thanks, Pete. Back just in time for Astrofest

Originally Posted by Capella_Ben

Got to echo everyone else's comments - Superb!!!

Thanks, Ben.

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Nothing much to say Rick except that that's a superbly detailed NGC 6744. Well done!

Thanks, Steve.

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

Excellent data and processing.

Am pleased to see you back from your break Rick.

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Spectacular Rick! My better half really likes this image too

I may yet one day convert and try astro-imaging with a reflector...

[RobF (Rob)]

Love this object, and that's the best I've seen of it too.
Top shelf stuff Rick. Quite faint and a challenge to process from memory.

Do you have a rig at Martin's Yass set up now too? (cue green envy emoticon!)