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

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NGC-6946 (Fireworks Galaxy), Joel Shepherd
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NGC-6946 (Fireworks Galaxy)

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The Fireworks Galaxy has been on my todo list for several years, but this summer was the first time the weather, travel plans, forest fires and all finally aligned themselves to make it a viable project. Nights are short here in the summer, so this took a number of nights of collecting relatively small slices of data under varied conditions. Now I feel like I've just come home from a first date with someone I've had a crush on for a while: glad the date went well, but not sure whether I like the real thing or the idealized thing that I imagined more. ;-)

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NGC-6946 (Fireworks Galaxy), Joel Shepherd