

Stacked38 NGC6872 30.0s Bin1 294MC gain121 20240903 223447 0.0C
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The Condor Galaxy, or NGC 6872, is a large barred spiral galaxy located 212 million light-years away in the southern constellation Pavo (the Peacock). It stretches over 522,000 light-years across – more than five times the size of the Milky Way – and is one of the largest known spiral galaxies.The galaxy's unusual size and appearance stem from interaction with a much smaller disk galaxy named IC 4970, which has only about one-fifth the mass of NGC 6872.
Images from my EAA session on 03-09-2023
ASIAIR Plus (32GB) in Live Stacking mode with calibration frames and no post processing.
Calibration Frames:
Master Flat, Master Bias as Dark Flat/Flat Dark, Master Dark
Exposure: 30 seconds, Unguided, Uncropped image
Time: 20 minutes