| Classification: |
Spiral face-on Seyfert Type II |
| Constellation: |
Cepheus (CEP) |
| Object Location: |
Ra 20h 37m 31s Dec +66° 10’09” (current) |
| Size & Distance: |
3.9 x 3.2 Apx 75 Million light years |
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| Date & Location: |
06-09-2018 Palomar Mountain, CA |
| Exposure: |
LRGB 120,30,30,30 L=12x10, RGB 3x10, (bin 1x1) |
| Optics: |
Telescope Engineering Company APO180FL @ f/7.36 / FLI-Atlas focuser / using an Astro-Physics 160FF, F/L 1325mm. |
| Mount: |
Astro-Physics 1200 GTOCP4 / ATS 10x36 pier. |
| Camera: |
FLI-MLx694 @-25c / FLI CFW2-7 / Guided by SBIG ST-I / w OAG. |
| Filters: |
Astrodon G2 LRGB |
| Software: |
MaxImDL 6.10, Photoshop CS5, CCDStack, Topaz Labs. |
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| Notes: |
Sky conditions: Good seeing, wind 2-5, Temp low 60°
Image Field of view is 29.3 x 24.3 arcmin.
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NGC 6951 ak 6952 is a beam spiral face-on Seyfert Type II. A beam spiral is a galaxy that like spiral galaxies, has spiral arms, but they do not seem to come from the center, but from a "beam" that passes through the center. It’s viewed through the Integrated Flux Nebula (IFN). The residual light of our galaxy illuminates this faint nebula.
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