The pair of NGC 6946-6939

at the border of Cygnus and Cepheus

The pair of NGC 6946-6939
Éder Iván

Below you find a crop of the NGC 6946 galaxy, of the 70% of the original resolution.

Image details

Instrument:
300/1200 Newton, 3" Wynne (1130mm effective focal length)
Camera:
Home-modified Canon EOS 5DmkII
Mount:
Fornax 51 + Boxdörfer DynoStar
Guiding:
72/500 refractor, SBIG St-4
Exposure time, filters:
50x5 min, ISO 1600
Location, date:
Ágasvár (Mount Matra), Hungary;  2009.09.25.
Observing conditions:
Transparency: 6/10, Seeing: 5/10, Temperature: +19°C
Processing:
ImagesPlus, Registar, Photoshop

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