Wallpaper author:
Michael Wheatley
07 Dec 2023
NGC6946 Fireworks Galaxy
At about 25mLy from Earth, the Fireworks galaxy is a stunning face on barred-spiral galaxy. It is so-named, due to the high rate of supernovae, having experienced 10 over the last century.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 6946
4 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 308.7181 Dec 60.1537
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Spain
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................28 Mar 2023 - 12 Aug 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 146 | 1h18m | 32 |
| Red | 146 | 1h18m | 32 |
| Green | 146 | 1h18m | 32 |
| Blue | 146 | 1h18m | 32 |
| Halpha | 12 | 6m | 31 |