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NGC 6946 - The Fireworks Galaxy
A face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Cepheus, near its border with Cygnus, about 1/3 to 1/2 as big as the Milky Way, but with a high rate of star formation, making it a spectacular starburst galaxy.  About 25 million light-years from Earth and 40,000 light-years in diameter.

NGC 6946 - The Fireworks Galaxy

A face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Cepheus, near its border with Cygnus, about 1/3 to 1/2 as big as the Milky Way, but with a high rate of star formation, making it a spectacular starburst galaxy. About 25 million light-years from Earth and 40,000 light-years in diameter.




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Filename:NGC6946-20160830.jpg
Album name:27telp / Galaxies
Location and Date:OCA site near Anza, CA, USA - 8/29-30/2016
Equipment:William Optics FLT-132 scope @f/7, QSI-583wsg CCD Camera, Astro-Physics 1200 GTO mount, Borg 50mm guide scope, QHY5L-II guide camera
Settings:Luminance - 28 exposures @ 10 minutes each, bin 1x1; Red and Green - 27 @ 5 minutes, bin 2x2; Blue - 25 @ 5 minutes, bin 2x2
Notes:Captured with MaxIm DL 5.12, processed with CCDStack2 and Adobe Photoshop CS4
Filesize:870 KiB
Date added:Jun 20, 2019
Dimensions:1115 x 821 pixels
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Color Space:Uncalibrated
EXIF Offset:518
EXIF Version:version 2.31
Image Description:A face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Cepheus, near its border with Cygnus, about 1/3 to 1/2 as big as the Milky Way, but with a high rate of star formation, making it a spectacular starburst galaxy. About 25 million light-years from Earth and 40,000 light-years in diameter.
Resolution Unit:Inch
Software:Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 8.3.1 (Windows)
X Resolution:240 dots per ResolutionUnit
Y Resolution:240 dots per ResolutionUnit
IPTC Title:NGC 6946 - The Fireworks Galaxy
IPTC Copyright:J. L. Floyd
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