It's Pavo Galaxy season and this is my (latest) take on the grand old lady
Apart from a little periodic and annoying high cloud occasionally, I was fortunate to once again get some excellent conditions over the last New Moon period and managed to collect just over 18 hrs on this majestic southern galaxy and remarkable twin of our own galaxy, The Milky Way
The seeing largely cooperated all of the four nights, with FWHM of raw sub frames ranging between 1.5" to 2.0".
As is customary now for galaxy images, I made three separate master Luminances, using the best data for the details and the whole lot to achieve the depth and then blended them all together, I think it largely works
I was keen to reveal the outer long thread like faint, complex and flocculent arm structures and some of the galactic cirrus in the field.
All capture details are under the image
NGC 6744 The Milky Way's Twin
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a close crop
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Hope you like it
Mike