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NGC 6979

NGC 6979 — Pickering's Triangle

Supernova Remnant
· Cygnus
Intermediate
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Target information

Object type
Supernova Remnant
Constellation
Cygnus
Right ascension
20h 51m 00s
Declination
+32° 10′ 00″
Magnitude
Not recorded
Angular size
30′ × 10′
Surface brightness
Not recorded
Difficulty
Intermediate
Best months
Jul-Oct
Catalog IDs
NGC 6979

About this target

Central segment of Cygnus Loop.

Recommended telescopes

TEC
1345mm f/9.6 · 140mm aperture
Frames 50% of APS-C FOV
TEC
1260mm f/7.0 · 180mm aperture
Frames 47% of APS-C FOV
Celestron
1500mm f/10.0 · 150mm aperture
Frames 56% of APS-C FOV
Stellarvue
1200mm f/7.9 · 152mm aperture
Frames 45% of APS-C FOV
TEC
1600mm f/8.0 · 200mm aperture
Frames 59% of APS-C FOV
Astro-Tech
1624mm f/8.0 · 203mm aperture
Frames 60% of APS-C FOV

Recommended cameras

QHYCCD
3.76µm pixels · cooled
Player One
4.63µm pixels · cooled
ZWO
5.94µm pixels · cooled
OGMA
3.76µm pixels · cooled
OGMA
3.76µm pixels · cooled
ToupTek
2.90µm pixels · cooled

Example framing

FOV 0.81° × 0.55°
Scale 0.71″/px
Target fills 90% of frame
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FOV 0.87° × 0.59°
Scale 0.76″/px
Target fills 85% of frame
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FOV 0.73° × 0.50°
Scale 0.64″/px
Target fills 101% of frame
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