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Originally Posted by strongmanmike
According to the LEDA galaxy catalogue NGC 7424 has a fairly dim surface brightness of 23.395 mag/square arc sec compared to NGC 6744 in Pavo at a slightly brighter 22.680 mag/square arc sec 
Mike |
Thanks for the numbers, Mike. That means that NGC 6744 is nearly twice as bright as NGC 7424 (1.932 times brighter). Having imaged both I can easily believe that. NGC 6744 was a doddle by comparison
