NGC 6744 is a galaxy in the constellation Pavo. The galaxy has beautiful spiral arms, which attracted my attention and I spent 4 hours collecting the light coming from this 28 million light-years distant deep space object.
| Telescope | Meade 10" |
| Aperture | 254 mm |
| Focal length | 2097 mm |
| Mount | MK 100K |
| Autoguiding | MGEN 240 mm |
| Camera | ZWO 071 @-10°C |
| Corrector | TS 0.67 reducer |
| Filters | none |
| Exposure | 78x180s, Gain 95, bin 1x1, |
| Date | 2022-05-28 |
[…] – a highlight of the Southern hemisphere. Secondary targets were NGC 5128 Centaurus A galaxy, NGC 6744 galaxy, NGC 6752 Globular Cluster, IC 2944 Running Chicken Nebula, NGC 5139 Omega Centauri, NGC 292 Small […]
[…] MK-100, combined with Meade 10″ telescope, which allowed me to capture stunning galaxies like NGC 6744 Galaxy or M83 Southern Pinwheel Galaxy or NGC 5128 Centaurus A […]