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Names NGC 6946, UGC 11597, MCG +10-29-006, PGC 65001, ARP 29
Right Ascension (2000.0) 20:34:52.3
Declination +60:09:14
Constellation Cepheus
Redshift (z) 0.000133 +/- 0.000007
Heliocentric Radial Velocity 40 +/- 2 km/s
Distance (esteem) 22,500,000 light years (Cosmology Computations unstable or undefined)
Date (DD/MM/YYYY) 08/08/2010
Exposure time 12,000 seconds (40 x 300 exposures) with binning mode 2 x 2
CCD Camera SBIG ST-8XE
Telescope Meade Instruments Schmidt-Cassegrain 14" LX200 GPS
Focal length 3556 mm
Diameter 355.6 mm
Focal ratio 10
Field of View 13.3 x 8.9 arcminute
Original scale 1.044 arcsecond / pixel

Palomar Observatory Sky Survey images
POSS I/E DSS1 Red
POSS I/O DSS2 Blue
POSS II/F DSS2 Red
POSS II/J DSS2 Blue
POSS II Color
Sloan Digital Sky Survey images
SDSS image
4-meter Mayall telescope image (1975)
KPNO

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