StellarSnap<p>📸 NGC 6946 and NGC 6939<br>This deep-sky image shows two cosmic neighbors in Cepheus: open star cluster NGC 6939 at 5,600 light-years and spiral galaxy NGC 6946, The Fireworks Galaxy, at 22 million light-years. Over 68 hours of exposure reveal stunning detail and faint dust lanes.</p><p>📅 July 4, 2025<br>📷 Alberto Pisabarro / <a href="https://www.loscoloresinvisibles.com/en" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">loscoloresinvisibles.com/en</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>🔗 <a href="https://stellarsnap.space" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">stellarsnap.space</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/APOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>APOD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NGC6946" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGC6946</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FireworksGalaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FireworksGalaxy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NGC6939" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGC6939</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cepheus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cepheus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpiralGalaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpiralGalaxy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenCluster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenCluster</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeepSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StellarSnap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StellarSnap</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NightSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NightSky</span></a></p>