Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  Fireworks Galaxy  ·  NGC 6946
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NGC 6946 Fireworks Galaxy, 



    
        

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NGC 6946 Fireworks Galaxy

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NGC 6946 Fireworks Galaxy, 



    
        

            Molly Wakeling
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NGC 6946 Fireworks Galaxy

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Acquisition details

Dates:
Nov. 4, 2016
Frames:
16×300(1h 20′) ISO3200
Integration:
1h 20′
Darks:
8
Flats:
20
Bias:
20
Avg. Moon age:
4.27 days
Avg. Moon phase:
19.24%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:
4.00
Temperature:
4.00

RA center: 20h34m48s.202

DEC center: +60°0633.97

Pixel scale: 0.494 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 92.258 degrees

Field radius: 0.440 degrees

More info:Open 

Resolution: 5316x3580

File size: 29.4 MB

Data source: Backyard

Description

NGC 6946, the Fireworks Galaxy, is located about 22 million lightyears away, between the constellations Cygnus and Cepheus. It's a hard target to capture because the view is obscured by a lot of interstellar dust in our own galaxy. It's called the Fireworks Galaxy because there have been ten supernovae spotted in it just in the last century!

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NGC 6946 Fireworks Galaxy, 



    
        

            Molly Wakeling