NGC6946 Fireworks Galaxy

Rancho Del Sol Observatory · Camino, California

NGC6946 Fireworks Galaxy by Ken Crawford

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Image Equipment Details

  • RCOS 20" carbon truss - 100mm FFC
  • Paramount ME
  • Apogee Alta u16m
  • SBIG ST402 Guider
  • Astrodon MegaMoag
  • Astrodon 50mm Sq Filters

Exposure Details

  • Clear/ Lum = 300 minutes
  • Red = 120 minutes
  • Green = 120 minutes
  • Blue = 120 minutes
  • Ha 5nm = 0 minutes
  • Red Cont. = 0 minutes
  • SII 5nm = 0 minutes

Software Used

  • MaxDL 5
  • CCDAutopilot 4
  • CCDStack
  • Photoshop CS6

About this image


NGC6946 is also known as the fireworks galaxy because of it's large number of recorded Super Nova. This is a lot of foreground dust that the light from this galaxy shines through. It is around 10 million light-years away.

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NGC6946 (Fireworks Galaxy) core details.

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