NGC 6744 is a beautiful and quite large but delicate spiral galaxy in Pavo, it isn't imaged that
much and requires long exposures to reveal it properly. The long extended arm drifting below the
galaxy is somehat unique and the field is full of very faint Milky Way dust too.
A fine Milky Way type spiral in Pavo NGC 6744 (small size)
NGC 6744 Full Frame image (5.3meg)
NGC 6744 close up crop
A lovely Milky Way like galaxy in a rich star field