NGC 6946 in Cygnus

Noirlab_noao-02324_1024

noirlab_noao-02324 June 30th, 2020

Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

NGC6946 (Arp 29) is a face-on SAB(rs)cd galaxy in the constellation Cygnus. This classification refers to the presence of a small core with multiple well-defined arms (cd), with a poorly-developed bar across the middle (AB) and an inner confused ring (rs). Nearly twenty million light-years from Earth, it is over seventy thousand light-years across and more than fills this picture. At least one supernova has been observed in this galaxy. KPNO 4-meter Mayall telescope, 1975.

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Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-02324/

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Arp 29 • NGC 6946
Noirlab_noao-02324_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 20h 35m 38.2s
DEC = 60° 10’ 35.5”
Orientation
North is 1.7° CCW
Field of View
15.8 x 12.6 arcminutes
Constellation
Cygnus
Noirlab_noao-02324_1280
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ID
noao-02324
Subject Category
Subject Name
Arp 29, NGC 6946
Credits
NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Release Date
2020-06-30T21:33:59
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-02324/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
308.9093193, 60.17652515
Reference Dimension
2500.0, 2000.0
Reference Pixel
324.0050163, 1279.412735
Scale
-0.000104, 0.000105
Rotation
1.730874869
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
NSF's NOIRLab
URL
https://noirlab.edu
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
950 North Cherry Ave.
City
Tucson
State/Province
AZ
Postal Code
85719
Country
USA
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
NSF's NOIRLab
Publisher ID
noirlab
Resource ID
noao-02324
Resource URL
http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-02324.tif
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Metadata Date
2024-10-02T11:52:36.405262
Metadata Version
1.1
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