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Also known as the Summer Galaxy, NGC 6946 is relatively nearby 10 million light years from the Earth.

Image acquired using SBIG St-10XME camera with Astrodon filter set through 12" Meade Lx-200Gps telescope with Astro-Physics  reducer.

120 minutes of Luminance, 1x1 Binning.

60 minutes each of Red, Green and Blue, 1x1 Binning.

Five minute sub-frames.

08/03/09

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