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Date/Location September 8, 2008 Wildwood Pines Observatory, Earl, NC
Camera and Settings SBIG ST-2000XCM CCD Camera -5°C
Telescope Stellarvue SV102 102 mm f/7.9 apochromatic refractor
Mount Parallax HD300
Exposure 60 minutes (6 x 10 min)
Processing CCDOpts, CCDSoft, and Photoshop
Other NGC 6946 Mag 8.8 galaxy in Cygnus, 11.0 x 9.8 arcmin; NCG 6939 Mag 7.8 open cluster 7.0 arc min containing 80 stars from 10th mag.
NGC6939 & NGC6946
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