NGC 6946 (Fireworks Galaxy) and 6939 embedded in dust.

[ollypenrice]

As usual, capture and pre-processing by Paul Kummer with my post processing.  RASA 8/EQ6/ZWO2600MC Pro, based here at Les Granges. 131 subs of 3 mins, so about 6.5 hours.   The Fireworks galaxy has been gently enhanced by the blending of my existing TEC 140 rendition.

Processing: a little Pixinsight, Registar for the high res blending and mostly Photoshop.

Fullsize is here: https://ollypenrice.smugmug.com/Other/Galaxies/i-CcqZKsR/A

Olly

 

[WolfieGlos]

Really nice image. Not sure if I've seen so much dust around this one before, and the fainter swirls around the galaxy too.

[gorann]

I agree, nice dust and rarely seen outer swirls. Excellent!