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NGC6946

NGC6946

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Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Cepheus
  • Location: RA: 20h 34m 48.0s Dec: +60d 09' 00" Epoch 2000
  • Size: 11.2 x 9.8 arc-minutes
  • Magnitude: 8.8
  • Type: Spiral Galaxy
  • AKA: ugc 11597
Instrument: Ritchey-Chretien 32" Telescope
Focal Ratio: f7.2 (prime focus)
Camera: SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera
(See product review in July, 2004 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.)
Exposure: 12 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
6 x 5 minutes each R/G/B, all unbinned
Guiding: Off-Axis with STV Autoguider (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)
(See product review in May, 2003 issue of Astronomy magazine.)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment.
Date: 8/30/05
Post Processing: CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS

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