Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6946
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NGC6946, Ray Heinle
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NGC6946

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NGC6946

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What is especially interesting about this galaxy is the prominence of red star-forming regions. There would be a whole lot more nebulae to photograph if we lived here!

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Description: I decided to try a deconvolution of this image based on the instructions in Keller's book "Inside Picinsight." The time the decon was done on the linear (pre-stretched" version of the file.

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NGC6946, Ray Heinle