Observation by Mike Greenhill-Hooper: NGC 6946 Fireworks Galaxy

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Mike Greenhill-Hooper

Observer

Mike Greenhill-Hooper

Observed

2024 Sep 24 - 19:30

Uploaded

2024 Sep 26 - 14:46

Objects

The Fireworks Galaxy (NGC6946)

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Constellation

Cygnus

Field centre

RA: 20^h34^m
Dec: +60°09'
Position angle: +21°10'

Field size

0°21' × 0°14'

Equipment

Telescope: 20" f/4 Obsession Dobsonian; Paracorr coma corrector
ASI294MMPro CMOS camera with LRGB filters

Exposure

4x150 frame live stacks for each filter; 2s exposure, gain 450, temp 0C, dark and flats corrected

Location

Miradoux, S.W. France

Target name

NGC6946

Title

NGC 6946 Fireworks Galaxy

About this image

Manual rotation of camera to compensate for field rotation. Images calibrated automatically with SharpCap's Live Stacking feature. Final images for each filter aligned and stacked with Affinity Photo and gradient corrected with GraXpert. Total imaging time = 80 mins.

Files associated with this observation

Redo NGC6946 Fireworks MGH 240924.jpeg (1.6 MB)

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