NGC 6946, first try (in a long time)

If this pretty galaxy weren't hidden on the other side of our arm of the Milky Way, it might be easire to image. This is my best effort so far,
26, 240 second sub frames in fair but hazy skies.. My sky was on the edge of clear enough, 240 seconds was probably pushing it a bit, and when processing,
it was apparent that I need at least twice the exposure time and could use some 600 second subs... I'll give it a try, but the north of my sky is pretty bright
due to a city just over the big mountain... everywhere... a slight focus shift gave lots of coma, so cropping was done for aesthetic reasons.. (grins)

26x240 seconds, Meade Classic LX200 12 inch with Meade reducer to f6.8 Hap mod 350d
acquired, calibrated, stacked and processed in Nebulosity, guided by PHD, DSI Pro, 80mm antique Meade
post processing (noise, saturation, contrast) in Photoshop CS3

apologies for the bit of over preocessing.. I might work on a less processed, noisier version this week, or maybe add a few longer subs...

enjoy