Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Fireworks Galaxy  ·  NGC 6946
NGC6946 Fireworks Galaxy, Gerrit Barrere
NGC6946 Fireworks Galaxy
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NGC6946 Fireworks Galaxy

NGC6946 Fireworks Galaxy, Gerrit Barrere
NGC6946 Fireworks Galaxy
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NGC6946 Fireworks Galaxy

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NGC 6946 is a face-on intermediate spiral galaxy with a small bright nucleus, whose location in the sky straddles the boundary between the northern constellations of Cepheus and Cygnus. It is 22.5 million light years from Earth.

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NGC6946 Fireworks Galaxy, Gerrit Barrere