Monday, February 6, 2017

Fireworks Galaxy Dazzles Us


Spiraling over 22 million lights-years away from Earth, the aptly named Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) and its star-studded realm can be spotted by stargazers with medium-power and advanced telescope equipment. NGC 6946 is located between the constellations CEPHEUS the King and CYGNUS the Swan.
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Blog Background

The background has three Hubble Space Telescope images:

— LH 95 is a star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, Dorado constellation.

— Ant Nebula (also called Menzel 3) is an aptly-named planetary nebula located in the constellation Norma.

— Egg Nebula (also called CL 2688) is a protoplanetary nebula in the constellation Cygnus.