NGC 6946 (plus other MBA images) (Mark Manner)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cepheus (Cep) · Contains: Fireworks Galaxy · NGC 6946

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NGC 6946 (plus other MBA images)

The Fireworks Galaxy. Luminance data only from years ago, slightly reprocessed with modern PI tools. Hopefully some RGB one day.
Revisions include various other images taken with the MBA CDK24.

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Title: M 56

Description: Quick image of NGC 6779/M56 globular cluster during testing of MBA CDK24. 19x10sec L, 20x10sec R, 18x10 sec G & 19x10 sec B. STX16803, bin 2. August 1, 2011.

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Title: IC 5146 Cocoon Nebula

Description: Quick image of the Cocoon Nebula during testing of MBA CDK24. 24x60sec L, 14x102sec R, 15x120sec G&B. STX16803, bin 2. August 3, 2011.

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Title: NGC 1579

Description: Diffuse Nebula NGC 1579 (aka Northern Trifid), a large dusty area where new stars are being formed. Taken with MBA CDK24 and LRGB filters with AC4040 on January 10, 2024. Unguided 90 sec bin 2 LRGB exposures (19x L, 12x each RGB). Seeing was very poor.

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Title: NGC 2403

Description: NGC 2403, a spiral galaxy in Camelopardalis. Taken with MBA CDK24 and SBIG AC4040 on January 10, 2024. 80 x 90 sec L filter unguided exposures bin 2. Seeing was very poor.

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Status	Advanced success
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Astrometry.net job	8762472
PixInsight job	CIUNN7YV6V270A06S4ARWBG3Y0L4Q5PP
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	20h34m47s.774
RA (top/left)	20h35m12s.686
RA (top/right)	20h32m44s.607
RA (bottom/right)	20h34m23s.213
RA (bottom/left)	20h36m50s.379

Dec (center)	+60°09′13″.83
Dec (top/left)	+60°24′30″.68
Dec (top/right)	+60°12′14″.86
Dec (bottom/right)	+59°53′56″.68
Dec (bottom/left)	+60°06′05″.61

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