I finally managed to capture my first galaxy, NGC 6744. This is an intermediate spiral spiral galaxy and is considered very similar in structure to our own milky way. This object is 30 million light years away which makes it by far the most distant object I have ever imaged. In the image you can also distinguish the distorted companion galaxy.
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| NGC 6744 |
Image details
- Telescope: Stellarvue SV-105
- Camera: SBIG ST-8300M
- Exposure: 12 x 5 min + 4 x 7 min (L), 5 x 5 min (RGB)
- Mount: Skywatcher EQ6 (with EQMod)
- Guider: SBIG ST-i (off axis)
- Location: Outside Nelspruit, South Africa
- Software: Image acquisition in CCDOps, processing in PixInsight
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