In many cases spirals light up when interacting with another galaxy, but NGC 6946 appears relatively isolated in space. Located just 10 million light years away toward the constellation of …

NGC 6946, sometimes referred to 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 …

Like the annual New Year’s fireworks display, astronomers at Gemini Observatory are ushering in 2005 with a striking image that dazzles the eye with stellar pyrotechnics. In the image, the face …

2005年1月2日 · The image of the face-on spiral galaxy NGC 6946 is ablaze with a colourful galactic fireworks display fuelled by the births and deaths of multitudes of brilliant, massive stars.

2005年1月26日 · In many cases spirals light up when interacting with another galaxy, but NGC 6946 appears relatively isolated in space. Located just 10 million light years away toward the …

2024年7月26日 · In this sharp telescopic portrait, from the core outward the galaxy’s colors change from the yellowish light of old stars in the center to young blue star clusters and …

The face-on spiral galaxy NGC 6946 is ablaze with colorful galactic fireworks fueled by the birth and death of multitudes of brilliant, massive stars. In this Gemini optical image massive stellar …

2020年4月23日 · The Fireworks Galaxy with classifications NGC6946 and Caldwell 12, is a face-on intermediate spiral galaxy, right on the border between constellations Cepheus and Cygnus.

2005年1月3日 · Gemini North GMOS image of the "Fireworks Galaxy" NGC 6946 that straddles the borders between the constellations of Cepheus and Cygnus. See Image Release for details

2021年1月4日 · 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 …