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NGC6744

Image taken at Clayton Bay, South Australia

Equipment - GSO RC12 STXL11002

Guiding - Integrated guide camera and AOX

Software - MaximDL, Focusmax, Pinpoint, CCDautopilot 5

LRGB 12.6 hours

Darks, flats and biases applied

Processed in CCD stack and Photoshop CS6

Object -Located in the constellation of Pavo at a distance of 5.2 million light years. It is thought to be very similar to how the Milky Way looks.