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NGC 6946 The Fireworks Galaxy 16thOctober.2019.

NGC 6946 also known as the Fireworks Galaxy is a face-on intermediate spiral galaxy with a small bright nucleus and is located on the boundary between the constellations of Cepheus and Cygnus. It lies at a distance from about 25.2 million light-years. Imaged on the night of the 16th.October.2019.

EQ6-R-PRO

190mm MN DS-PRO

QHY183M Cooled CMOS camera Gain 11 Offset 76 -20C

Baader 2" LRGB filter set

Luminance 45 x 180sec subs

RGB 15 x 240sec subs

Darks and Flats

Total integration time 5hrs15mins.

Processed using Pixinsight and Photoshop.

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Uploaded on October 20, 2019