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Galaxy NGC 6744

Started by gregbradley, 05/05/2008 04:15PM
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Posted 05/05/2008 04:15PM Opening Post
Greg Bradley
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I thought I'd image some galaxies when I realised most of my images were of nebulas.

NGC 6744 a beautiful spiral galaxy near the south celestial pole.

STL11/RCOS 12.5 inch at F9 2840mm focal length.

LRGB 90 45 45 45.

http://upload.pbase.com/image/96539963

Greg.
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Posted 05/05/2008 05:41PM #1
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Wonderful shot Greg! 8)
Lovely Galaxy for sure!

Thank you for sharing!
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Posted 05/06/2008 01:21AM #2
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Sweet image Greg!
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Posted 05/06/2008 02:14AM #3
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Very cool target and image Greg.

clear skies,
Kevin
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Posted 05/06/2008 04:10AM #4
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Nice one Greg. I can't get to this one from my neck of the woods - Thanks for sharing from the Southern reaches.
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Posted 05/06/2008 05:10AM #5
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I saw this on a different monitor earlier and thought it was a nice image but then I got home and looked at it again and I have to say its a Great image!! Good Job!

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...beautiful image of an interesting object!
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