Interacting spiral galaxy triplet NGC 6769, 6770 and 6771

Galaxy group IC 4845 located in the constellation Pavo. This galaxy group is only visible in the Southern Hemisphere. The group consists of the following galaxies:

1. Interacting spiral galaxy triplet NGC 6769, 6770 and 6771. These three galaxies are right of center in the image. (ESO)

2. Galaxy IC 4845, located in the upper left of the image, is a barred spiral galaxy.

3. Galaxy IC 4842, located at the bottom of the image, is an elliptical galaxy.

(TheSky, Software Bisque)

Image processed by Andrew 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: FLI PL 9000 CCD

Filters: LRGB

Total Exposure: 6 hours 40 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.