Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Fireworks Galaxy  ·  NGC 6946
Fireworks Galaxy, Jan Scheers
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Fireworks Galaxy

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Fireworks Galaxy

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Image of the Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) , a face-on intermediate spiral galaxy with a small bright nucleus, located at the boundary between the northern constellations of Cepheus and Cygnus. 

Image captured with the Officina Stellare ProRC 700 telescope and FLI PL16803 camera from Telescope Live in IC Astronomy Observatory, Oria, Spain.
Total integration time 240 minutes. 8 subs of 600s with each filter (LRGB).

Processing with Astro Pixel Processor, Photoshop CC with AstroPanel Pro, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Sharpen AI and Denoise Projects 3 plug-ins.

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