Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6939  ·  NGC 6946
NGC 6946 (Fireworks Galaxy), Jan Curtis
NGC 6946 (Fireworks Galaxy)
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NGC 6946 (Fireworks Galaxy)

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Despite imaging in moonlight (5 days from full moon), this spiral galaxy turned out pretty good, all things considered. Shot at ISO=1600 @ f/5.0.

Final is based on 8x180s @ iso=2000 @ f/4 under dark skies.

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  • NGC 6946 (Fireworks Galaxy), Jan Curtis
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NGC 6946 (Fireworks Galaxy), Jan Curtis