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Originally Posted by whzzz28
You wouldn't expect it to be so hard as a mag 9.0 galaxy, but for some reason it is.
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Agreed, Nathan, 9th magnitude sounds bright.....
but just giving the total brightness of a galaxy says nothing about the actual
angular size of the object in the sky. The long axis of this galaxy is
at least 25 arcminutes; it is nearly half a degree across!!
So while NGC 6744 might be as bright as a 9th magn. star, it is like a 9th magnitude star spread over a vast area of sky......
cheers,
Robert