My grandpa captured the Fireworks Galaxy in the middle of May and got almost 5 hours on it! The Fireworks Galaxy is located on the border between the constellations Cepheus and Cygnus. It is a bright, colorful galaxy with a yellowish core, large clusters of blue stars, and many Ha regions (which aren't shown in this image). It's called the 'Fireworks' Galaxy because 10 supernovae have been observed in it over the past century.

70x240s lights (4.67 hours), flats, darks, and biases stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, edited in Siril and background extraction and noise reduction applied with GraXpert.
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🌌 Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946)
🔭 Celestron EdgeHD 8" (Scope), Celestron CGEM-II (Mount)
📸 ZWO 294MC Pro (Main), ZWO 224MC Color (Guide)
📅 Jefferson, WI (Bortle 4.5)
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Last month me and my grandpa both went after M106 and both images look awesome. Lots of small details can be seen in the bright core of Leonard's image, and a surprising amount of detail can be seen when you crop into my widefield image, even of the smaller, nearby galaxies. This was a fun galaxy to shoot, and many more are coming very soon!

104x240s lights (6.93 hours), darks, flats, and biases stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, and edited with Siril and GraXpert.
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Image 1:
🌌 M106
🔭 Celestron EdgeHD 8" (Scope), Celestron CGEM-II (Mount)
📸 ZWO 294MC Pro (Main), ZWO 224MC Color (Guide)
📅 Jefferson, WI (Bortle 5)

Image 2:
🌌 M106
🔭 Celestron Astromaster 114 (Scope), SkyWatcher GTi (Mount)
📸 Canon Rebel T4i (Main), ZWO 120MC Mini (Guide)
📅 Bloomington, MN (Bortle 8)
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