Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Fireworks Galaxy  ·  NGC 6946
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NGC6946 - Fireworks Galaxy, Willem Jan Drijfhout
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NGC6946 - Fireworks Galaxy, Willem Jan Drijfhout
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The Fireworks Galaxy is a Magnitude 8.8 Galaxy, measuring about 11 arcmin in diameter. This photograph contains about 15h of data, captured on three consecutive nights. Mostly the picture consists of LRGB-data, but added is 1h of H-alpha data to highlight (pink) some of the star-vorming regions in the outer edged of the spiral arms.

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NGC6946 - Fireworks Galaxy, Willem Jan Drijfhout