Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6946
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Fireworks Galaxy with SN2017eaw, Don Walters
Fireworks Galaxy with SN2017eaw, Don Walters

Fireworks Galaxy with SN2017eaw

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Fireworks Galaxy with SN2017eaw, Don Walters
Fireworks Galaxy with SN2017eaw, Don Walters

Fireworks Galaxy with SN2017eaw

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Getting this shot was quite an challenge with the weather being so uncooperative. Like most people, I heard about this new supernova around Mother's Day, and in the coming weeks I had only a handful of clear nights where the moon wasn't in my way.

I started by shooting this with high gain and just 30 second exposures, but then I decided my data was too close to the noise floor and reshot everything at Unity gain with higher exposures to help get more dynamic range and color depth.

Happy 4th of July!

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Fireworks Galaxy with SN2017eaw, Don Walters

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