NGC 6946: Face-on Spiral in Cepheus

Imaged on 9/2/05
Scope: Takahashi MT160 (F4.8)
Mount: Losmandy G-11
Camera/Autoguider: SXV-H9c; SBIG STV
Exposures: 20 x 5 minutes
Site: Anza Borrego Desert
Temp: 70 degrees, calm, good seeing

NGC6946 is 10 million light years away. This object is highly obscured by interstellar matter of the Milky Way as it is quite close to the galaxtic plane.