Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Fireworks Galaxy  ·  NGC 6946
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Fireworks galaxy, NGC 6946, palaback
Fireworks galaxy, NGC 6946
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Fireworks galaxy, NGC 6946

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Fireworks galaxy, NGC 6946, palaback
Fireworks galaxy, NGC 6946
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Fireworks galaxy, NGC 6946

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Fireworks galaxy is so named because of the all the supernova's that have been documented (10 since the early 1900's, or approximately 10x the rate in our Milky Way), reflecting a very dynamic galaxy. Its about 26 million light years, so is just outside our local group of galaxies. This is my first use of adding ha data to a galaxy which I was able to do in photoshop. This is also my first ha LRGB image processed mostly with pixinisght. Data was acquired by renting time on a scope in the Nevada desert with the Utah Desert Remote Observatory. I did all the data processing.

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Fireworks galaxy, NGC 6946, palaback