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NGC 6946: The 'Fireworks Galaxy'

Posted on Friday, November 8, 2013
Uploaded by Waspie_Dwarf
NGC 6946: The 'Fireworks Galaxy'
Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/MSSL/R.Soria et al, Optical: AURA/Gemini OBs

Uploader comment: 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.


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