Gemini North GMOS image of the "Fireworks Galaxy" NGC 6946 that straddles the borders between the constellations of Cepheus and Cygnus.

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Acquisition Date(s): August 12, 2004 Telescope: Gemini North, Mauna Kea Hawai'i Instrument: GMOS (Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph) Field of View: 5.80 x 5.58 arcminutes Orientation: 184 deg CCW from N up, E to the