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The Mid-Infrared Color of NGC 6946*
Helou, G.; Malhotra, S.; Beichman, C. A.; Dinerstein, H.; Hollenbach, D. J.; Hunter, D. A.; Lo, K. Y.; Lord, S. D.; Lu, N. Y.; Rubin, R. H.; Stacey, G. J.; Thronson, H. A. Jr.; Werner, M. W.
We analyze the new mid-infrared maps of NGC 6946 for variations in the color ratio fo the 7-to-15µm emission. Our preliminary findings are that this mid-infrared color is remarkably constant between arms and inter-arm regions, and as a function of radius in the disk, excluding the nuclear region.