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Photographer:

gvidishev99

Location of Photo:

EL SAUCE OBSERVATORY, CHILIE

Date/Time of photo:

09/14/2023

Equipment:

Planewave CDK24"; QHY600M

Description:

NGC 6744 (also known as Caldwell 101 or the Pavo Galaxy) is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Pavo (Peacock). It is considered as a Milky Way mimic in the immediate vicinity, displaying flocculent (fluffy) arms and an elongated core. It also has at least one distorted companion galaxy (NGC 6744A) superficially similar to one of the Magellanic Clouds. It was discovered from Parramatta in Australia by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on 30 June 1826. NGC 6744 lies within the Virgo Supercluster. This is my processing of the data from Telescope Live