NGC 6946

Here is my latest image of NGC 6946. I saturated kind of heavy - it really is interesting to the the red hue due to the obscuring dust of the milky way. Yet there is some noticeable blue coming through. It would be interesting to see this galaxy from a different vantage that did not have the intervening dust. Image and details are here:

http://www.jthommes.com/Astro/NGC6946.htm

Scope - C8 at f/6.3
Camera - ST8300M

Great detail and nice star colors.

Rolando

Hi Jim,

Another good catch! Yeah, this will be a great one to see in all its unobscured glory!

Speaking of obscuring dust, I sometimes wonder what if we're inside of some as-yet undetected obscuring medium, and what might the universe really look like outside that medium? OK, that's definitely going outside the scope of this forum!

Eric

Very nice set of images Jim.


Robert

Thanks for the comments guys.

Well, yes, it seems Eric certainly raised a concept that ranges fairly deep.... beyond my pay grade...