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NGC 6946 · Fireworks Galaxy

NGC 6946 · Galaxy · Cygnus

Fireworks Galaxy

Also known as C 12 · PGC 65001 · UGC 11597

Caldwell 12
Herschel 400
RASC Finest NGC
Smart Telescope · Small Targets

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Type: Galaxy
Constellation: Cygnus
Position (J2000): 20h 34m 52s · +60° 09′ 14″
Discovered: by William Herschel in 1798

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 9.05; visual
Size: 11.4′ × 10.8′
Distance: ~18,000,000 ly
Best months: Jun–Aug

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.

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