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.