Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  Fireworks Galaxy  ·  NGC 6946
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
NGC6946 Spiral Galaxy, Dean Glace
NGC6946 Spiral Galaxy
Powered byPixInsight

NGC6946 Spiral Galaxy

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
NGC6946 Spiral Galaxy, Dean Glace
NGC6946 Spiral Galaxy
Powered byPixInsight

NGC6946 Spiral Galaxy

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

NGC6946 also known as the Fireworks Galaxy is a face on intermediate spiral galaxy with a small bright nucleus whose location straddles the boundary between the northern constellations of Cepheus and Cygnus. Its distance from earth is 25 million light years.

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

NGC6946 Spiral Galaxy, Dean Glace