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.