GALAXY NGC-6946: NGC-6946 is a face-on type SAB intermediate galaxy located on the boundary between the northern constellations of Cepheus and Cygnus, southwest of Alpha Cephei (Alderamin). It lies approximately 26 million light years from Earth, and is 87,000 light years in diameter. It was discovered by Sir William Herschel in 1798. Due to its prodigious star formation rate, it has been classified as an active starburst galaxy. It has also been the host to numerous supernovas, the last one occurring in 2017. It has been nicknamed "The Fireworks Galaxy".
NOTE: This image was acquired on October 11th, 2023, and is a 2 hour 34 minute integration of 2 minute exposures through the Celestron C-11 SCT at f/6.3 using the Starizona .63X Reducer/Corrector III and the ZWO ASI 2600MC Pro color CMOS camera, operating at -10 degrees below ambient temperature and binned 1 X 1.  Imaging sequence by N.I.N.A., guided by PHD2. Stacked and combined using Maxim DL5 Pro. Post processing in PhotoShop CS2, Gradient XTerminator, StarShrink,
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