Wallpaper author:
Jared Greer
17 Jun 2025
NGC 6744 (Pavo Galaxy)
A large relatively low surface brightness spiral galaxy found in Pavo.
Software: Astro Pixel Processor, Pixinsight, RC-Astro, and Photoshop.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 6744
27 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 287.4421 Dec -63.8575
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................31 Mar 2020 - 23 Aug 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red | 698 | 10h40m | 55 |
| Green | 698 | 10h40m | 55 |
| Blue | 829 | 12h40m | 55 |
| Luminance | 764 | 11h40m | 55 |
| Halpha | 11 | 10m | 55 |