Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6951  ·  NGC 6952
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Ngc 6951 and IFN, Stefano Pesci
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Ngc 6951 and IFN

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Ngc 6951 and IFN

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A galaxy in the mist...
Ngc 6951 is a barred Seyfert (active nucleus) galaxy, some 75 million l.y. away, partially obscured by the integrated flux nebula, gas and dust illuminated by the integrated star light of our galaxy.
A central ring around Ngc 6951 nucleus can be seen in weakly stretched images.
An LRGB 15h integration.
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Ngc 6951 and IFN, Stefano Pesci

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Imagers of Italy
Astrofili Dalai Lama

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7 - IFN panoramas