Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Fireworks Galaxy  ·  NGC 6946
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NGC 6946 The Firecracker Galaxy in Cepheus  10/15/2013, rigel123
NGC 6946 The Firecracker Galaxy in Cepheus  10/15/2013
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NGC 6946 The Firecracker Galaxy in Cepheus 10/15/2013

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NGC 6946 The Firecracker Galaxy in Cepheus  10/15/2013, rigel123
NGC 6946 The Firecracker Galaxy in Cepheus  10/15/2013
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NGC 6946 The Firecracker Galaxy in Cepheus 10/15/2013

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I spent 8 hours on just Luminance for this one, 2 hours of HA and 2 hours each RGB. I'm also trying for IC342 which makes this one look like a piece of cake being even deeper buried in the galactic plane!

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NGC 6946 The Firecracker Galaxy in Cepheus  10/15/2013, rigel123

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