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NGC6946 - The Fireworks Galaxy

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Date: 7/5/2008
Location: Ada, MI
Optics: 10" f/5 Swayze Optics Newtonian w/ MPCC coma corrector

Mount: Tak NJP
Camera: Starlight Xpress SXV-H9
Exposure: L(R,Ha)GB L=66x1min unbinned, RGB=15x2 unbinned, Ha=9x4min 2x binned, Astrodon (192minutes total) - all unguided

Note: Captured, no darks, no flats, aligned, SDMask combined, RGB combined in MaximDL. Luminance Layering, Ha Red channel enhancement and Final Processing in PS CS2.

NGC6946 - The Fireworks Galaxy