NGC6946
NGC6946
Object | |
| Description: | Fireworks Galaxy |
| Type: | Spiral Galaxy |
| Constellation: | Cepheus |
| Distance: | 10,000,000 ly |
Image | |
| Date: | July 5, 2013 |
| Location: | Palomar Mountain, CA |
| Exposure: | Lum 8x15 (bin 1x1), R 3x10, G 3x10, B 3x10 (bin 2x2) |
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 |