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NGC
6946 Spiral Galaxy
Date(s) taken: 10 October, 2001
Site: Backyard in Castro
Valley, Ca.
Telescope Configuration: Takahashi
FSQ106 piggybacked atop a Celestron CM1400 on AP1200GOTO mount.
Image Specifics:
-LRGB (1x Clear @300 seconds, 1x Red, Green @600
seconds, 1x Blue @960 seconds)
-Telescope: Takahashi
FSQ 106 (F = 530mm, f/5)
-Camera: SBIG
ST7E NABG with CFW8
Color Filter Wheel, Imager at -15 C.
-Mount: AP1200GTO
Selfguided via ST7E
-CCDSOFT
v5 used for image capture, Photoshop
5.5 used for LRGB combine