NGC6946

Fireworks Galaxy

NGC6946

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Object Info

Type

Spiral Galaxy

Constellation

Cepheus

Distance

10,000,000 ly

Capture Details

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