NGC 6946 2024

First Attempt at this target. Taken at the Bootleg Astronomy 2024 Spring Star Party. A great night under the stars with friends new and old. Clear Skies!


Imaging telescope / lens
TS Optics Apochromatic 90/600 mm TS APO 90/600

Imaging camera
ZWO Optical 533 MC Pro (CMOS)

Mount
Equatorial Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro

Guiding telescope / lens
ZWO Optical Refractor 30mm/120 mm ZWO 30F4 Miniscope

Guiding camera
ZWO Optical ZWO ASI120 Mini (CMOS)

Filters
Baader Planetarium Light pollution Moon and Skyglow Neodymium 2.00"

Accessories
Field flattener HoTech SCA Field Flattener 2" 2.00"

Processed with
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)
DSS (DeepSkyStacker)
NINA
PixInsight (Pleiades Astrophoto) 1.8

DateThu Jun 6th 2024

Lights (filter Light pollution)82 x 120 sec
Total lights integration time2:44 hours