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

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NGC 6946, Fireworks Galaxy, Ruben Barbosa
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NGC 6946, Fireworks Galaxy

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* Image acquisition by: The Liverpool Telescope.

* Processing: Ruben Barbosa.

* Distance: 22 Mly.

NGC 6946 is an spiral galaxy about 22 million light-years away, in the constellations of Cepheus and Cygnus. NGC 6946 is highly obscured by interstellar matter of the Milky Way galaxy, as it is quite close to the galactic plane. The true diameter of the galaxy is approximately 40,000 light-years or just about one-third of the Milky Way's size.

Due to the prodigious star formation it has been classified as a starburst galaxy.

Over the past century, ten supernovae have been discovered along the active spiral arms of this galaxy.

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NGC 6946, Fireworks Galaxy, Ruben Barbosa