NGC6946

The galaxy NGC 6946 belongs to the Hubble class SAB(rs)cd. Its disk is inclined by 38° with respect to the sky plane. This galaxy has a distance median value of 5.5 Mpc. It hosts two "magnetic arms" between the optical spiral arms that are best seen in polarized radio emission at 6.2 cm and 3.5 cm.

21.4 cm

NGC 6946 21.4 cm 9.3' I

NGC 6946 21.4 cm 9.3' PI

20.5 cm

NGC 6946 20.5 cm 15" I

NGC 6946 20.5 cm 15" full I

NGC 6946 20.5 cm 15" full PI

11.2 cm

NGC 6946 11.2 cm 5' I

NGC 6946 11.2 cm 5' PI

6.2 cm

NGC 6946 6.2 cm 144" I

NGC 6946 6.2 cm 144" PI

NGC 6946 6.2 cm 15" I

NGC 6946 6.2 cm 15" PI

3.5 cm

NGC 6946 3.5 cm 15" I

NGC 6946 3.5 cm 15" PI

2.8 cm

NGC 6946 2.8 cm 68" I

NGC 6946 2.8 cm 68" PI

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