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NGC 6946 |
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Spiral Galaxy in Cepheus Click on Image for 1400x935 Resolution |
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Technical Details |
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| Optics | 12 1/2" RCOS operating at f/9 (2857mm) |
| Mount | Paramount ME |
| Camera | SBIG ST-10XME, CFW8-a |
| Filters | Tru Balance LRGB. |
| Date | Sept. 13, 2007 |
| Exposure | LRGB = 170:30:30:30 minutes |
| Processing | MaximDl with RC Console, Photoshop CS |
| Guiding | ST-402 mounted on Takahashi Sky90 |
| Binning | L - 1x1 RGB - 2x2 |
| Location | SkyFoto observatory in East Hartland, Ct. |
| Notes | NGC6946 is nearly 20 million light years from Earth and it is over 70 thousand light-years across. It is highly obscured by interstellar matter of the Milky Way galaxy. |