NGC 6744 C 101 Pavo Galaxy

Capture

Seestar s50 1098 stacks

Date

9–11 October 2026

Location

Camden, NSW

Original

1048 × 1968 px

NGC 6744 C 101 Pavo Galaxy is an intermediate spiral galaxy seen almost face-on in the constellation Pavo (Peacock). It is one of the galaxies most similar to our Milky Way in the local universe. NGC 6744 is bigger than the Milky Way, with a disk stretching 175,000 light-years across and is one of the brightest and largest spiral galaxies. It is about 30 million light years away. NGC 6744A is a distorted companion galaxy similar to our Magellanic Clouds. Through a pair of binoculars, NGC 6744 (also known as Caldwell 101) appears as a faint, large, and ghostly oval smudge of light. You will see a small, slightly elongated, fuzzy nucleus. Surrounding the core is a soft, dim halo of light representing the inner regions of the galaxy's disk. It fades away very gradually into the darkness of space. Apparent magnitude 8.3.

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