• Thumbnail for Cygnus Molecular Nebula Complex
    constellation Cygnus. It is one of the most turbulent star-forming areas in the Milky Way Galaxy and its largest known molecular nebula complex. Within it...
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  • Thumbnail for Veil Nebula
    The Veil Nebula is a cloud of heated and ionized gas and dust in the constellation Cygnus. It constitutes the visible portions of the Cygnus Loop, a supernova...
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  • Thumbnail for Pelican Nebula
    The Pelican Nebula (also known as IC 5070) is an H II region associated with the North America Nebula in the constellation of Cygnus. The gaseous contortions...
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  • Thumbnail for North America Nebula
    The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest...
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  • Thumbnail for Cygnus X (star complex)
    day. Cygnus OB7 lies in its front. Orion molecular cloud complex Taurus Molecular Cloud Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex Perseus molecular cloud Cygnus Molecular...
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    Coalsack, and partially obscures the larger Cygnus molecular cloud complex behind it, which the North America Nebula is part of. Bayer catalogued many stars...
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  • Thumbnail for Crescent Nebula
    The Crescent Nebula (also known as NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, Sharpless 105) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, about 5000 light-years away...
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    Cygnus A (3C 405) is a radio galaxy, one of the strongest radio sources in the sky. A concentrated radio source in Cygnus was discovered by Grote Reber...
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  • Thumbnail for Dark nebula
    nebula make up molecular cloud complexes. Dark nebula form in the night sky apparent dark cloud constellations. Great Rift (astronomy) Cygnus Rift Serpens–Aquila...
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  • Thumbnail for Cygnus Loop
    The Cygnus Loop (radio source W78, or Sharpless 103) is a large supernova remnant (SNR) in the constellation Cygnus, an emission nebula measuring nearly...
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  • Thumbnail for Soap Bubble Nebula
    the fact that it is embedded in a diffuse nebula, it was difficult to discover. Cygnus Molecular Nebula Complex Jurasevich, D. M. (July 2009). Green, D...
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    than the Orion Nebula, which is easily seen with the naked eye, Cygnus OB2 is hidden behind a massive dust cloud known as the Cygnus Rift, which obscures...
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  • located approximately 2,964 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus. It was identified in 2015 through an analysis of light curve data obtained...
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  • interacting with the dense wind. Cygnus X-3 lies in the direction of the Cygnus OB2 association in the Cygnus X complex, although it is much further away...
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  • Thumbnail for Egg Nebula
    The Egg Nebula (also known as RAFGL 2688 and CRL 2688) is a bipolar protoplanetary nebula approximately 3,000 light-years away from Earth. Its peculiar...
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    X-ray binary List of nearest black holes Stellar black hole Cygnus Molecular Nebula Complex Roman, Nancy G. (1987). "Identification of a constellation...
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  • Thumbnail for Orion Nebula
    Orion molecular cloud complex, which is hundreds of light years across, spanning the whole Orion Constellation. Two million years ago the Orion Nebula cluster...
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    NGC 7027 (redirect from Magic Carpet Nebula)
    NGC 7027, also known as the Jewel Bug Nebula or the Magic Carpet Nebula, is a very young and dense planetary nebula located around 3,000 light-years (920...
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  • Thumbnail for Cygnus OB2-12
    Cygnus OB2 #12 is an extremely luminous blue hypergiant with an absolute bolometric magnitude (all electromagnetic radiation) of −10.9, among the most...
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  • Thumbnail for Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex
    The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is a complex of interstellar clouds with different nebulae, particularly a dark nebula which is centered 1° south of the...
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  • Thumbnail for Epsilon Cygni
    abbreviated Epsilon Cyg, ε Cyg) is binary star in the constellation of Cygnus. With an apparent visual magnitude of 2.48, it is readily visible to the...
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  • Thumbnail for NML Cygni
    NML Cygni (redirect from NML Cygnus)
    V1489 Cyg) is a red hypergiant or red supergiant (RSG) in the constellation Cygnus. It is possibly one of the largest known stars currently known, and is also...
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  • Thumbnail for Sadr Region
    as IC 1318 or the Gamma Cygni Nebula) is the diffuse emission nebula surrounding Sadr (γ Cygni) at the center of Cygnus's cross. The Sadr Region is one...
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    IC 5146 (redirect from Cocoon Nebula)
    2-125, Barnard 168, and the Cocoon Nebula) is a reflection/emission nebula and Caldwell object in the constellation Cygnus. The NGC description refers to...
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    NGC 6826 (redirect from Blinking Nebula)
    NGC 6826 (also known as Caldwell 15) is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. It is commonly referred to as the "Blinking Planetary"...
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    Messier 39 (category Orion–Cygnus Arm)
    known as NGC 7092, is an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Cygnus, sometimes referred to as the Pyramid Cluster. It is positioned two degrees...
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  • Kepler-1649b (category Cygnus (constellation))
    t e Constellation of Cygnus List of stars in Cygnus Stars Star clusters Molecular clouds Cygnus Molecular Nebula Complex Cygnus X (including DR 21) Nebulae...
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  • Kepler-22 (category Cygnus (constellation))
    Kepler-22 is a Sun-like star in the northern constellation of Cygnus, the swan, that is orbited by at least 1 planet found to be unequivocally within the...
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    P Cygni (category Cygnus (constellation))
    P Cygni (34 Cygni) is a variable star in the constellation Cygnus. The designation "P" was originally assigned by Johann Bayer in Uranometria as a nova...
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    Gamma Cygni (category Cygnus (constellation))
    officially named Sadr /ˈsædər/, is a star in the northern constellation of Cygnus, forming the intersection of an asterism of five stars called the Northern...
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