Nov 8, 2013 · NGC 6946 is a medium-sized, face-on spiral galaxy about 22 million light years away from Earth. In the past century, eight supernovas have been observed to explode in the arms of this galaxy.

NGC 6946 is a Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in the Cygnus constellation. NGC 6946 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere.

Dec 13, 2021 · The Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) is a bright spiral galaxy located on the border between Cepheus and Cygnus. It is one of the nearest spiral galaxies to the Sun. It has hosted more supernovae than any other galaxy in the last century.

Jan 8, 2021 · In the last century alone, NGC 6946 has experienced 10 observed supernovae, earning its nickname as the Fireworks Galaxy. In comparison, our Milky Way averages just one to two supernova events per century. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the stars, spiral arms, and various stellar environments of NGC 6946 in phenomenal detail.

Jan 4, 2021 · In the last century alone, NGC 6946 has experienced 10 observed supernovae, earning its nickname as the Fireworks Galaxy. In comparison, our Milky Way averages just 1-2 supernova events per century. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the stars, spiral arms, and various stellar environments of NGC 6946 in phenomenal detail.

Also known as NGC 6946, the big, beautiful spiral galaxy is located just 10 million light-years away, behind a veil of foreground dust and stars in the high and far-off constellation of Cepheus. From our vantage point in the Milky Way Galaxy, we see NGC 6946 face-on.

Jul 4, 2024 · NGC 6946 is also bright in infrared light and rich in gas and dust, exhibiting a high star birth and death rate. In fact, since the early 20th century ten confirmed supernovae, the death explosions of massive stars, were discovered in NGC 6946.

May 14, 2017 · NGC 6946, located at the border of Cygnus and Cepheus within a degree of the open cluster NGC 6939, climbs into the northeastern sky for easy viewing on May evenings. The galaxy shines at magnitude +9.5 in a rich star field and forms a nifty triangle with Eta (η) and Theta (θ) Cephei.

Nearly 40,000 light-years across, NGC 6946 is also known as the Fireworks Galaxy. This remarkable portrait of NGC 6946 is a composite that includes image data from the 8.2 meter Subaru Telescope on Mauna Kea .

The galaxy NGC 6946 belongs to the Hubble class SAB (rs)cd. Its disk is inclined by 38° with respect to the sky plane. This galaxy has a distance median value of 5.5 Mpc. It hosts two "magnetic arms" between the optical spiral arms that are best seen in polarized radio emission at 6.2 cm and 3.5 cm.