< Newer Up Older >

NGC 6946, the Fireworks Galaxy


Optics: AG Optical 12.5" iDK @ f/6.7 l=2130mm
Camera: QSI 640wsg-8 @ -31C
Filters: Astrodon LRGB
Mount: Astro-Physics AP 1100GTO
AO: Starlight Xpress Active Optics SXV-AO-LF
Guiding: OAG with Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Auto Guider / PHD2 Guiding
Location: near Animas, New Mexico
19 hours exposure over 13 nights, 22 Oct 2016 - 21 Sep 2017
R:G:B 6h30m:6h:6h30m (26x15m : 24x15m : 26x15m) binned 1:1:1
Captured with: Home-brewed observatory automation and image aquisition software
Processed with PixInsight