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Ray Astro Explorer
16 Oct 2024
NGC6744 aka Pavo Galaxy
A grand barred spiral galaxy with an irregular galaxy NGC6744a as a companion, is situated at a distance of about 30 million light years.
Data from The CDK24 telescope in Chile when fitted with a CCD camera in 2021 and 2022 and subsequently with a CMOS camera during 2023 was combined in APP.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 1672
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