Wallpaper author:
Jan Scheers
08 May 2021
NGC 6744
NGC 6744 (also known as Caldwell 101) is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 30 million ly in the constellation Pavo. It is considered as a Milky Way mimic in our immediate vicinity, displaying flocculent (fluffy) arms and an elongated core. It also has at least one distorted companion galaxy (NGC 6744A) superficially similar to one of the Magellanic Clouds.
NGC 6744 lies within the Virgo Supercluster.
Image acquired with 2 one click observations with CHI-1
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 3293
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Open Cluster
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 158.9542 Dec -58.2167
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................17 Mar 2021 - 12 Jun 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SII | 600 | 4h50m | 29 |
| Halpha | 600 | 4h40m | 28 |
| OIII | 600 | 4h40m | 28 |