I do not think I have ever posted here... but since I came across a comment... here goes:

http://www.caelumobservatory.com/gallery/n6946.shtml

This is NGC 6946, AKA the "Fireworks Galaxy." Have a good weekend and fun fourth of July.

Adam Block

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Adam Block
ngc1535@caelumobservatory.com
http://skycenter.arizona.edu (NEW!)
http://caelumobservatory.com/

Caelum videre iussit, et erectos ad sidera tollere vultus.
He bid them look at the sky and lift their faces to the stars.
--Ovid, Metamorphoses 1. 85-8
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