NGC 6946
Fireworks Galaxy
NGC 6946 is a mixed spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Cygnus. The NGC is a catalog of 7,840 nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies. Here are the key stats on NGC 6946:
| NGC: | NGC 6946 |
| Common name: | Fireworks Galaxy |
| Type: | galaxy |
| Galaxy type: | mixed spiral |
| Galaxy morph class: | SABc |
| Constellation: | Cygnus |
| Surface brightness: | 23.7 mag/arcsec2 |
| V-mag (visual): | 9.05 |
| B-mag (blue): | 9.76 |
| J-mag (IR): | 6.27 |
| H-mag (IR): | |
| K-mag (IR): | 5.91 |
| Right Ascension: | 20:34:52.32 |
| Declination: | 60:09:14.10 |
| Major axis: | 11.4 ' |
| Minor axis: | 10.84 ' |
| Angle (major axis): | 52° |
| Radial velocity: | 45 km/s |
| Redshift: | 0.00015 |
Right Ascension (RA) units = HH:MM:SS.SS
Declination (Dec) units = DD:MM:SS.SS