Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6951  ·  NGC 6952
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NGC 6951 with IFN - Luminosity, Eric Coles (coles44)
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NGC 6951 with IFN - Luminosity

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NGC 6951 with IFN - Luminosity

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Description

NGC 6951 is a barred spiral galaxy 56 million light years away. The IFN (Integrated Flux Nebula) is the dust surrounding the milky way reflecting the accumulated starlight our galaxy. The luminosity image gives a nice representation of the framed galaxy. The HLRGB image will come next.

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Center (RA, Dec): (309.378, 66.098)

Center (RA, hms): 20h 37m 30.760s

Center (Dec, dms): +66° 05' 53.845"

Size: 33.9 x 22.6 arcmin

Radius: 0.339 deg

Pixel scale: 0.507 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: Up is -151 degrees E of N

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    NGC 6951 with IFN - Luminosity, Eric Coles (coles44)
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NGC 6951 with IFN - Luminosity, Eric Coles (coles44)