NGC6951 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cepheus (near e.g. NGC 6946)  at a distance of about 75 million light-years from Earth. What really surprised me was the presence of the IFN = integrated flux nebula in almost whole field.   To be honest my first thought at data processing was: What the hell is that mess in the bacground ?

Optics:       NoName Newton 192/800
                   + GPU c.c.
Camera:    Atik One 6
Filters:        LRGB Baader
Mount:      SW AZEQ-6
Guider:       Lacerta MGEN, 50mm finder
Exposure:  33x5 min. (L)
                      10x4 min. (R, G, B each), bin 2x2
Software: PixInsight, Photoshop

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