Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Fireworks Galaxy  ·  NGC 6946
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NGC6946 (Fireworks Galaxy), Ben Hayes
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NGC6946 (Fireworks Galaxy)

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NGC6946 (Fireworks Galaxy)

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July 4th is a national holiday in the United States, so there will be picnics, parades, and the local towns will be setting off fireworks tonight to celebrate.   Here is my quick take on the celestial fireworks, NGC6946, which I captured on two consecutive nights that had excellent seeing conditions here in central Pennsylvania (USA).   The galaxy was just rising over the trees in the northeast, but I started imaging anyway because the moon was rising by 2 am.  Only 4 hours total integration time on this image, so I plan to come back to it later.

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Title: Wide-field image of NGC6946 taken with RedCat51

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NGC6946 (Fireworks Galaxy), Ben Hayes

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