NGC 6744

NGC 6744
Wide Field Imager view of a Milky Way look-alike NGC 6744. Credit: ESO
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Pavo
Right ascension	19h 09m 46.1s[1]
Declination	-63° 51′ 27″[1]
Redshift	0.002805[1]
Helio Radial velocity	841 ± 2 km/s[1]
Distance	31 ± 5.2 Mly (9.5 ± 1.6 Mpc)[2]
Type	SAB(r)bc[1] II[citation needed]
Apparent dimensions (V)	20′.0 × 12′.9[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	9.14[1]
Other designations
Caldwell 101, PGC 62836
See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies

NGC 6744 (also known as Caldwell 101) is an intermediate spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away^[2] in the constellation Pavo. It is considered one of the most Milky Way-like spiral galaxies in our immediate vicinity, with flocculent (fluffy) arms and an elongated core. It also has at least one distorted companion galaxy (NGC 6744A) superficially similar to one of the Magellanic Clouds.^[3]

Gallery

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  Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744 as seen at SALT

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  NGC 6744 by GALEX

See also

• NGC 1232

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6744. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+6744&img_stamp=yes&extend=no. Retrieved 2006-08-31. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Distance Results for NGC 6744". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nDistance?name=NGC+6744. Retrieved 2010-06-19. 
3. ^ "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6744A. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+6744A&img_stamp=yes&extend=no. Retrieved 2010-06-19. 

External links

• NGC 6744, a Milky Way-like spiral galaxy
• NGC 6744 (Pav)
• June 4, 2010 - A Sibling of the Milky Way (Wise image of NGC 6744)
• A spiral galaxy that resembles our Milky Way (1 June 2011)
• NGC 6744 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images