Galaxy · constellation Cyg
NGC 6946
Fireworks Galaxy
NGC 6946C 12MCG +10-29-006PGC 65001UGC 11597
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 20h 34m 52.3s
- Declination
- +60° 09' 14"
- Size
- 11.4′ × 10.8′
- Position angle
- 52°
- Magnitude
- 9.1 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 23.73 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- SABc
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
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