NGC 6946 (Fireworks Galaxy) and NGC 6939

The Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) is 22 million light-years away from us and has a diameter of about 40,000 light-years. The galaxy's angular size is 11.5'x9.5'. NGC 6939 is an open star cluster 3,900 light-years away from us, consisting of approximately 500 stars, and looks like scattered diamond dust! The cluster's angular size is 9'x9'. Both objects are, without a doubt, like two pearls in the crown of the constellation Cepheus! Captured in one night in monochrome, in RGB format.