NGC6946 and NGC 6939

[steppenwolf]

Even with a focal length of 1000mm this image ended up looking like a wide-field but that suits me just fine! The image shows the spiral galaxy NGC6946 and the 'nearby' open cluster NGC6939. I took 21 subs of 300 seconds each using my SXVF-M25C and Skywatcher 200mm Newtonian Reflector.

[Doc]

Amazing stuff Steve. Must say have never seen these two photographed before so possible a POW entry.

[Catanonia]

Nice, added to the list to try with my ED120 at 900mm

Really nice composition, love the detail.

[barkis]

That is a mighty purty picture Steve.

Lots of interest in there, and it is indicative of a widefield shot too.

Very nice indeed.

Ron.

[CELESCOPE]

Lovely image Steve , galaxy standing out well there mate , super shot

Rog:headbang:

[Beyond_Vision]

Nicely done Steve these are a great pair of objects. I took this pair back in May when I found them on Starry Night 6. I was trying to find something to fill my wide field of view during the 'Galaxy Season' when widefield objects are a bit sparse

Regards

Kevin

[Aza]

Very nice image. They look really good together.

[Taff]

Hi Steve' thats a nice capture of them both great stuff.Mark

[Roy]

Another nice image steve, plenty to look at with this one, well done m8

[DAVPPK]

Great ic steve loving the detail

dave

[DAVPPK]

Great ic steve loving the detail

dave

Great ###pic####, sorry!!!

[Whippy]

That FOV frames those two objects perfectly Steve, very nicely done .

Tony..

[MartinB]

Wonderful image Steve. Well conceived and perfectly framed.

[Deneb]

mmm, im just thinking, that will make a nice widefield shot in a WO66SD,

thanks for sharing, by the way i received your book today. thanks

[ashenlight]

That is beautiful Steve... really interesting to see these two NGC objects side by side for a comparison. How fortunate we are placed where we are to see these beautiful objects like that

[steppenwolf]

thanks for sharing, by the way i received your book today. thanks

You won't be able to put it down - I've put double sided tape on the spine .....

[Sam]

Very nice image Steve! It's great to have such different objects in the same FOV, I like the colour of the galaxy.

Sam

[ashenlight]

They look so perfectly paired in Steve's image but I just googled and found out that NGC 6939 is 4,000ly from our solar system, whilst NGC 6946 is 10MILLIONly away!

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my brain just fell out.

edit: getting conflicting 'ly' distances in other google searches but I think we can safely say the distance is brain meltingly large!

[ncjunk]

Great picture....

Most people can´t even comprehend how far away 4 light years is...can´t be THAT far. I mean four is such a small number! Anything above 4 should be classed a too far.

Neil C