NASA's Hubble Space Telescope recently shared a fascinatingimage of the volatile 'fireworks galaxy,?which is known to have frequentsupernovae.
The image was captured using NASA's Hubble telescope andshared on the official handle of Hubble Telescope on Friday with the hashtag#HubbleFriday.
"In the last century alone, the Fireworks Galaxy (orNGC 6946) has experienced 10 observed supernovae. For context, our Milky WayGalaxy averages just one to two supernova events per century! The FireworksGalaxy resides 25.2 million light-years away from us, along the border of thenorthern constellations of Cepheus and Cygnus," reads the text which wasshared alongside the photograph.
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"We are able to marvel at NGC 6946 as it is a face-ongalaxy, which means that we see the galaxy ¡°facing¡± us, rather than seeing itfrom the side (known as edge-on). The Fireworks Galaxy is further classified asan intermediate spiral galaxy and as a starburst galaxy. The former means thestructure of NGC 6946 sits between a full spiral and a barred spiral galaxy,with only a slight bar in its center, and the latter means it has anexceptionally high rate of star formation."
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"The galaxy resides 25.2 million light-years away, along the border of the northern constellations of Cepheus and Cygnus (The Swan)," NASA wrote on their official website.
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Last year, NASA released 30 previously unseen images ofbeautiful celestial objects showing stunning cosmic sights from the CaldwellCatalog inspired by the Messier Catalog.
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