Description:
The Fireworks Galaxy.
Constellation that it's located in: The border of Cepheus and Cygnus.
Imaging Site: Cleveland National Forest, Palomar Observatory Campground, California
For more information on NGC 6946:
Date: 31 May 2008
Scope and f/: APM/TMB 152 at f/8 with flattener.
Mount: Takahashi NJP.
Guiding: Piggy-backed STV Deluxe.
Camera: Canon 20Da, ISO 800 and raw mode.
Camera temperature: N/A
Camera binning: None
Number of sub-images and exposure: Fourteen 6-minute exposures.
Filters: None
Image Calibration: Dark and flat.
Planning, control, capture and processing with: Nebulosity and Photoshop.