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Fireworks Galaxy
NGC6946
Object
Type Spiral Galaxy
Constellation Cepheus
Distance 10,000,000 ly
More Info
Image
Date 05 Jul 2013 (Summer)
Place Palomar Mountain, CA
Exposure Data LRGB 120:30:30:30 mins @ -20C
Lum 8x15 (bin 1x1), R 3x10, G 3x10, B 3x10 (bin 2x2)
Notes
Equipment
Optics DSI RC10C Corrected RC Astrograph
Focal Length 1867mm @f/7.3
Mount Astro-Physics 900GTO
Camera QSI 683wsg-8
Focuser Built-in Secondary Focuser
Filters Astrodon Gen 2 LRGB
Software MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop