NGC6946 Fireworks Galaxy (RGB+Ha) (lowenthalm)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: Fireworks Galaxy · NGC 6946

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NGC6946 Fireworks Galaxy (RGB+Ha)

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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NGC6946 Fireworks Galaxy (RGB+Ha)

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

This image was literally a year in the making! I had collected images of NGC 6946 over 6 nights with good seeing from the beginning to the end of July of 2020 but never got back to collecting them together and stacking and processing them. Then I purchased a tri-band Ha/Hb/OIII filter in June of 2020 and decided to try it out on NGC 6946. Then I took all the 2020 RGB data and combined it with my new 2021 Ha/Hb/OIII data and produced this image. This is my first attempt at combining true narrow band image data with RGB data. I was surprised at how much the Ha and OIII/Hb data helped bring out the fainter dust features and the color in the outer edges of the galaxy.

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RA (center)	20h34m53s.280
RA (top/left)	20h33m11s.301
RA (top/right)	20h34m47s.423
RA (bottom/right)	20h36m34s.167
RA (bottom/left)	20h34m58s.818

Dec (center)	+60°08′46″.19
Dec (top/left)	+60°14′18″.36
Dec (top/right)	+59°54′59″.33
Dec (bottom/right)	+60°03′08″.78
Dec (bottom/left)	+60°22′32″.53

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