Wallpaper author:
Andrew Macica
20 Feb 2026
NGC 6744, Intermediate Spiral Galaxy
NGC 6744 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Pavo. It is only visible in the southern hemisphere. (NASA)
Image processed by Andrew F. Macica, original data from Telescope Live.
Imaging Details:
Observatory: Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile
Telescope: Planewave CDK24
Aperture: 610 mm (24 inches), f/6.5
Focal Length: 3962 mm
Camera: QHY 600M Pro CMOS
Filters: Ha, LRGB
Total Exposure: 15 hours 30 min.
Image Processing: PixInsight 1.8.9-3 Ripley (x64);
BlurXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator, StarXTerminator (RC Astro);
Adobe Photoshop 25.12.4;
Adobe Lightroom Classic 15.1.1
Instruction on PixInsight from Adam Block Studios.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 6744
11 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 287.4422 Dec -63.8575
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................13 May 2023 - 07 Oct 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 426 | 4h30m | 38 |
| Red | 316 | 3h15m | 37 |
| Green | 405 | 4h10m | 37 |
| Blue | 324 | 3h20m | 37 |
| Halpha | 24 | 15m | 37 |