Wallpaper author:
Pedro Sánchez
27 Jun 2025
NGC 6744
NGC 6744, one of the largest spiral galaxies in the local Universe, is considered a replica of the Milky Way in its vicinity, exhibiting remarkable star formation, flocculated (fluffy) arms, and an elongated nucleus.
Like the Milky Way, it has a distorted satellite galaxy named NGC 6744A, similar to one of the Magellanic Clouds. You can see it in the top left of the image.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 6744
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- 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 |