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

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NGC 6946 - The Fireworks Galaxy

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Discovered by William Hershel on September 9, 1798, NGC 6946 has been nicknamed the Fireworks Galaxy because eight supernovas have been observed there over the last century. It is a face-on intermediate spiral galaxy, about 25 million light-years from Earth and about one-third the size of our own Milky Way Galaxy at a diameter of around 40,000 light-years.

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NGC 6946 - The Fireworks Galaxy, BrianH