Firework Galaxy
Image Details:
NGC 6946 (also known as the Fireworks Galaxy or Caldwell 12) is a face-on intermediate spiral galaxy with a small bright nucleus, whose location in the sky straddles the boundary between the northern constellations of Cepheus and Cygnus.
Technical details:
Optics: 8" f/3.9 Orion Newtonian Astrograph no coma corrector
Mount: Celestron AVX
Camera: Canon 60D unmodified
Guiding: 60mm guide scope with orion starshoot
Dates: June 10-11-13-2020
Location: Taken at my Backyard observatory in Northwest Mo.
Exposure details: 5.2 hours 4 minutes subs 56 darks
Processing: Deep sky stacker, Pixlnsight cropped, photoshop
NGC 6946 (also known as the Fireworks Galaxy or Caldwell 12) is a face-on intermediate spiral galaxy with a small bright nucleus, whose location in the sky straddles the boundary between the northern constellations of Cepheus and Cygnus.
Technical details:
Optics: 8" f/3.9 Orion Newtonian Astrograph no coma corrector
Mount: Celestron AVX
Camera: Canon 60D unmodified
Guiding: 60mm guide scope with orion starshoot
Dates: June 10-11-13-2020
Location: Taken at my Backyard observatory in Northwest Mo.
Exposure details: 5.2 hours 4 minutes subs 56 darks
Processing: Deep sky stacker, Pixlnsight cropped, photoshop
