NGC 6946 is a spiral galaxy
about 25 million light-years' distant.
It has the nickname Fireworks Galaxy because
of the high number of supernovae that have been found in it.
It is an intermediate spiral galaxy
(galaxy classificationSAB), indicating
it has a bar-like structure but not sufficiently defined
to term the galaxy barred.
It is oriented so that the disk and spiral
are observable.