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Type: SBbc, distance ~ 6.5Mpc/21MLy |
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60" |
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| CCD: | ST10 XME |
| Image Type, Orientation: | LRGB Composite, North is at 11:00h |
| Exposure time: | L: 20x300 sec. 1x1 bin, R,G,B: 6x300 sec. 2x2 bin |
| Exposure date: | May 15th and 21st, 2004 |
| Location: | Capella Observatory at Amani Lodge, Kupferberg near Windhoek, Namibia |
| Filter: | FR03 + Astronomik Typ II LRGB filters |
| Instrument: | Ganymed 60cm-Hypergraph in secondary focus, f=4800 mm |
| Seeing (FWHM): | 2.0" |
| Photographer: | Stefan Binnewies, Rainer Sparenberg, Volker Robering |
| Remarks: |
The surface of NGC
6744 is one of the biggest - if not the biggest - of those
barred spirals in the sky. |
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| Bemerkungen: |
NGC 6744 ist flächenmäßig eine der größten, wenn nicht sogar die
größte Balkenspirale am Himmel. |
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