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                                                     NGC 6946  

                                                Fireworks Galaxy

                                with Supernova 2017 eaw click on image to see location of supernova

 

 

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                                      Equipment:     StarLight SXV-H9 CCD camera, Meade 12" RCX400 OTA, Optec Lepus 0.63X Telecompressor and Paramount MX mount.
                                                          Filters:            Astronomik Type II with IR Block.
                                                          Binning:          Luminance 1X1 Red, Green, & Blue 2X2 
                                                          Times:            L 135 images = 7 hrs, R 51 images = 1.26 hrs, G 61 images = 1.43 hrs, B 53 images = 1.47 hrs, Total of around 11.5 Hours.
                                                          Date:              June 2nd, 3rd, 10th, and 11th Most of these dates the Moon was up at the same time I was taking these images.
                                                          Process:         Taken with MaxIm DL, aligned & processed with MaxIm DL, final processing with Photoshop CS2.
                                                          Magnitude:      9.6
                                                          Distance:         About 22 Million Light Years
                                                          Constellation:  On the edge of Cepheus and Cygnus

                                                                    

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