Exposures: 90 min lum (15 min subs); 50 min each RGB (10 min subs)= 4 hours
NGC 6946 Is an intermediate spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cepheus. Also known as the Fireworks galaxy because of the abundant supernova that have occured in this galaxy within the last 100 years (n=9).
The galaxy is highly obscured from us by interstellar dust requiring long exposures to reveal its structure.
FOV = 31.5 x 22.4 arc minutes
Cropped and reduced 60% from original
10 million light years away
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