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NGC6744 The Great Pavo Spiral
Latest attempt to get this slightly difficult target to play ball. This is a spectacular spiral with a bar, tight spiral arms displaying flocculent features, lots of ha regions and nice colour. Also has a companion (NGC6744A) which appears to have created a tidal tail which appears to the left side of the galaxy. The tail was the feature that was faintest and easily lost in my first processing attempts.
Details are: scope Celestron Edge 8" with 0.7 reducer, Moonlite Litecrawler focuser and ASI1600MM camera. Baader LRGB 36mm filters, EQ8 mount, ZWO OAG and 290MM guide camera. PHD2 and SGP for capture. Pixinsight processing.
All 300 secod exposures over 4 night. 30 of L, 20 each of Red and Green and 18 of Blue. Total of 7.33 hours
Malcolm
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