NGC6946

Constellation: Cepheus        Distance: 19 million lightyears

NGC6946

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Image spcefications:
  • Exposure: 7 hours and 40 minutes, HaLRGB = 180:100:60:60:60
  • Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM, Temp -10 ° C, Filters: Baader LRGB, Astrodon 5nm H-alpha
  • Instrument: TEC 140, focal distance 980 mm
  • Mount: Paramount MX+
  • Guiding: TS Off Axisguider, Starlight Xpress Lodestar autoguider and PHD
  • Location: Nozières, France
  • Ambient temperature: 21° C
  • Date: LRGB: 24, 25 and 29 Augustus 2022; Ha: 25 June 2023
  • © Frans Kroon, Arno-MarkBlesgraaf

Image acquisition Sequence Generator Pro:
  • 9 H-alpha of 20 minutes, binned 1x1
  • 10 Luminance of 10 minutes, binned 1x1
  • 12 Red + 12 Green + 12 Blue of 5 minutes, binned 1x1
  • 25 Flat fields per channel with Flatfield panel
  • 20 Dark frames of 10 minutes + 20 Dark frames of 5 minutes + 50 Bias frames

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