Fireworks Galaxy

Resource added

Full description

NGC 6946 has also a nickname: The Fireworks Galaxy. I wonder if it is because of its shape, as it looks like a pinwheel. The nickname "pinwheel" is already taken however (Messier 101, a few pictures before this one) so the name Fireworks is now used. As galaxies go, it is rather close at 23 Million Light years. Perhaps the name "Fireworks" is used because of the many supernovae (10 in the last century) that were observed in it. Whatever the reason, here's a rendition of the Fireworks Galaxy from the EKU's Observatory.

Comments

to view and add comments.

Annotations

No one has annotated a text with this resource yet.

Download image “Fireworks Galaxy”
  • type
    Image
  • created on
  • file format
    jpeg
  • file size
    2 MB
  • creator
    Marco Ciocca
  • publisher
    Eastern Kentucky University
  • publisher place
    Richmond, KY
  • restrictions
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License
  • rights
    Copyright © 2023 by Marco Ciocca. EKU Observatory Images is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.