NGC 6946
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| Radius | 20,000 light years |
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| Distance to Earth | 22. 5 million light years |
| Apparent size (V) | 11. 5 x 9. 8 arcmin |
| Declination | +60° 09′ 14″ |
| Distance | 25. 2 ± 1. 0 Mly; 7. 72± 0. 32 Mpc) |
| Constellations | Cygnus |
| Cepheus | |
| Date of Reg. | |
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| ID | 2453020 |
About NGC 6946
NGC 6946 also known as the Fireworks Galaxy 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.
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