Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6939  ·  NGC 6946
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Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) and Ghost Bush Cluster (NGC 6939), Luca Marinelli
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Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) and Ghost Bush Cluster (NGC 6939)

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Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) and Ghost Bush Cluster (NGC 6939), Luca Marinelli
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Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) and Ghost Bush Cluster (NGC 6939)

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The Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) is a spiral galaxy 10 million light-years away, on the border between the constellations Cepheus and Cygnus. This beautiful face-on spiral spans nearly 40,000 light-years across, and is seen through a field of foreground stars from our Milky Way Galaxy.

NGC 6946 is undergoing a tremendous burst of star formation with no obvious cause. In many cases spirals light up when interacting with another galaxy, but NGC 6946 appears relatively isolated in space.

The data was acquired over four nights in LRGB and Ha to highlight star forming areas in the galaxy.

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