Fireworks Galaxy
Fireworks
Description: Spiral Galaxy
Common Name: Fireworks Galaxy
Messier Catalogue: N/A
NGC: 6946
IC: N/A
Caldwell: N/A
Sharpless: N/A
LBN: N/A
Constellation: Cygnus
Size: 11.5 x 11.0 Arc Minutes
Visual Magnitude: +9.00
Distance: 22 Million Light Years
Canon EOS 1000D
ISO: 200
Video: N/A
Light Frames: 20 x 180 & 5 x 200 Seconds
Dark Frames: N/A
Bias Frames: N/A
Flat Frames: N/A
Capture Program: BackYardEOS
Stacking program: DeepSkyStacker
Post Processing: PhotoShop CS3
Date Taken: 25/06/2018
Image Type: RGB
Dark Site?:No-Garden
Telescope: Altair StarWave 70ED
Diameter: 70mm
Focal Length: 420mm
Reducer/Flattener?: N/A
Mount Control: N/A
Mount: SkyWatcher Star Adventurer
Guided?: Yes PHD2
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