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
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]

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