The Pavo Galaxy - NGC 6744 (added a core close up)

[Cosmic (Daniel)]

Stunning Mike, loving the images that you produce. Always a pleasure to view your work

[Slawomir (Suavi)]

Echoing others -beautiful execution Mike and a wonderful example for us mortals of how things should be done

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Cosmic

Stunning Mike, loving the images that you produce. Always a pleasure to view your work

Originally Posted by Slawomir

Echoing others -beautiful execution Mike and a wonderful example for us mortals of how things should be done

Thanks for the very kind words fella's, glad you enjoyed the image, makes the effort even more worth it

Mike

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Just for fun I have added a link to a close view of the inner core region of NGC 6744, the inner dust lane appears to go right into the bright core..?

Core of NGC 6744

Mike

[multiweb (Marc)]

Cool galaxy. Very nice pic I had a go at it at Mike's place but it's so tiny. We have a couple of good nights coming up in Sydney and I'm going to dust off the C11 and give it a go. Should fill the FOV of the QHY9 nicely. If I can guide that tight.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Cool galaxy. Very nice pic I had a go at it at Mike's place but it's so tiny. We have a couple of good nights coming up in Sydney and I'm going to dust off the C11 and give it a go. Should fill the FOV of the QHY9 nicely. If I can guide that tight.

Cheers Marc

Actually it's a good size for a galaxy, the bright spiral arms are about 15 arc min wide and the fainter outer arms bring it up to nearly 25 arc min.

Mike

[Placidus (Mike and Trish)]

This is really good stuff, Mike. What's happening near the very core of a galaxy, near the black hole, is likely far more important than what's happening in the extreme outermost halo.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Placidus

This is really good stuff, Mike. What's happening near the very core of a galaxy, near the black hole, is likely far more important than what's happening in the extreme outermost halo.

I agree, I wonder what relationship/mechanism there might be in a dust lane that extends right to the very core of a galaxy

Mike

[Retrograde (Pete)]

Fantastic stuff Mike. A great overall image of course but those core details are really something else!

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by Retrograde

Fantastic stuff Mike. A great overall image of course but those core details are really something else!

Thanks a lot Pete, great stuff what we image huh? I love peering into images more closely to see what might be there...like maaaaybeeeee a small faint elliptical smudge!

Mike