NGC6946 - spiral galaxy in Cepheus

Authors: Magnus Nyborg, Jakob Selbing
Object: NGC6946, spiral galaxy in Cepheus
Exposure: 15 x 180 s(= 45 min), unguided
Equipment: MX5-C through Meade LX200 at f/3 (with Meade f/3.3 reducer).
Image scale: 2"/pixel.

Comment: NGC6946 in Cepheus, one of the most beautiful galaxies in the northern sky, is a fairly bright galaxy (mag 8.9). At this particular evening we had really good transparency and good seeing, so we sat all night by the telescope and produced images.