Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6939  ·  NGC 6946

Image of the day 07/29/2017

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    NGC 6946 with SN2017eaw and NGC 6939, JuergenB
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    NGC 6946 with SN2017eaw and NGC6939

    Image of the day 07/29/2017

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      NGC 6946 with SN2017eaw and NGC 6939, JuergenB
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      NGC 6946 with SN2017eaw and NGC6939

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      SN2017eaw showed up in NGC 6946 in May, 2017. I took the opportunity to shoot this large galaxy with a moderate focal length so that I could frame the open cluster NGC6939 within the same field. The picture shows some galactic cirrus (IFN), but what seems to be a condensation in the cirrus is rather a dwarf companion of NGC 6946, LEDA 166192.

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      NGC 6946 with SN2017eaw and NGC 6939, JuergenB