Wallpaper author:
Marius Dinga
13 Jul 2025
NGC 6946 - Fireworks Galaxy
NGC 6946, sometimes referred to as the Fireworks Galaxy, is a grand design, 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.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 6946
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- 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 |