Antilhue - Chile
Antilhue - Chile
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| Designation | NGC 6744, Bennett 120 |
| Object type | Type SBc barred spiral galaxy |
| Coordinates | 19 h 10 min - 63° 51' Pavo (Pav) |
| Description | This
beautiful galaxy is about 25 million light years away in the direction of
Pavo, a constellation of the southern hemisphere winter. It sits in
a rich starfield, and is strongly inclined to our line of sight. NGC
6744 is believed to one of the most Milky Way-like of all the nearby
spirals, with fluffy spiral arms and a large and distinctly elongated
nucleus. NGC 6744 also has other similarities to the Milky Way, like at least one
distorted companion galaxy (NGC 6744A to the lower left) superficially similar to one of the Magellanic
Clouds.
Click here or on the image for a higher resolution image. The field of view is 25 x 37 arc minutes with north towards the bottom (180°). |
| Exposure | NRGB 450:180:180:180 min @ -20°C - all unbinned, no filter on luminance |
| Camera | SBIG STL-11000 with Astronomik Type II RGB filter set, selfguided |
| Optics | RCOS 14.5" Ritchey-Chrétien @ f/9 |
| Mount | Astro-Physics AP1200GTO |
| Software | MaxIm DL/CCD, Sigma Pre Beta 11, Registar, Adobe Photoshop CS |
| Location - Date - Time | San Esteban (Chile) - Lum 20+30Jul 08:00 UTC and RGB 20+23Aug2006 03:00 UTC |
| Conditions | Transparency 8/10, Seeing 6/10, Temperature +1 resp 14°C |
