Fireworks Galaxy and Ghost Bush Cluster (Jim Stevenson)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cepheus (Cep) · Contains: Fireworks Galaxy · NGC 6939 · NGC 6946

Fireworks Galaxy and Ghost Bush Cluster, Jim Stevenson

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Fireworks Galaxy and Ghost Bush Cluster

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The Ghost Bush Cluster (NGC 6939) is an open cluster about 4,000 light years away - not exactly close, but in the same region of the galaxy as ourselves. It's pretty old for an open cluster - estimates range from 1 - 2.2 billion years. Many open clusters have dispersed into the general star populaiton by that age.

The Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) is beautiful spiral about 25 million light years away. It's about a third the size of our galaxy, with about half as many stars. It's notable for it's prodigiously active star formation - hence "Fireworks."

This view lies north of the head of Cygnus the swan in the constellation Cepheus. It's near the plane of the spiral arms of the galaxy, and you might be able to spot traces of the milky clouds of gas and dust which permeate space in this direction.

Tech Stuff: GSO 6" f/4 Imaging Newtonian, TS Coma Corrector 0.95x, ZWO ASI294MC-Pro camera, Baader Neodymium Moon and Skyglow filter, Orion Sirius mount. 142 x 2 min exposures, total exposure time 4.7 hrs. Captured the evenings of 6/5, 10, 12 and 15, 2021 from my backyard in Rhinebeck, NY.

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