Nebula 005 / 100
North America Nebula
NGC7000
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At a glance
- Type
- Emission nebula (H II region)
- Constellation
- Cyg
- Right ascension
- 20h 59m 17.0s
- Declination
- +44° 32′
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.0
- Angular size
- 120x30′
- Catalogue
- NGC7000
Located in Cygnus.
The outline on your card
A continent-shaped emission sheet whose Gulf of Mexico is carved out by foreground dust.
- Outline class
- Patchy
- Axis ratio
- 0.25 : 1
- Central source
- No central source
- Surface brightness
- Medium
- Recorded structure
- Dark lane · Bright rim
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