Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6946
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NGC 6946 The Fireworks Galaxy, G400
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NGC 6946 The Fireworks Galaxy

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NGC 6946 The Fireworks Galaxy, G400
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NGC 6946 The Fireworks Galaxy

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Description

Second attempt this year. Last time I started before meridian flip and thereafter I lost frame and focus. In that respect I was patient enought this night.

Here is a widefield version on this object with the Canon 6D and the WO GTF 81:

Comments

Revisions

  • NGC 6946 The Fireworks Galaxy, G400
    Original
  • NGC 6946 The Fireworks Galaxy, G400
    B
  • NGC 6946 The Fireworks Galaxy, G400
    C
  • Final
    NGC 6946 The Fireworks Galaxy, G400
    D
  • NGC 6946 The Fireworks Galaxy, G400
    E

B

Description: Reduced the brightness of the stars. Sharpened the details of the spiral arms. Darkened the background.

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C

Description: Cropped the star with the huge orange halo near the upper edge away.

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D

Description: Color balanced the Gx. Should be the last revision :-)

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E

Description: A reprocess from scratch. Reduced star size. Focussed on the object itself.

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NGC 6946 The Fireworks Galaxy, G400