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NGC 6946 is a galaxy 10 million light years away in the constellation
Cepheus.
I took three photos with red, green and blue filters this
evening on the two-meter Plaskett Telescope at the Dominion
Astrophysical Observatory. Our telescope operator that night was Julie
Bolduc-Duval. The three photos were processed into colour in 2010 by
John McDonald.
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