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North America Nebula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 star). The remarkable shape of the ...
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The distance to the North America Nebula is estimated at 1600 light years. The North America Nebula was perhaps detected by William Herschel who cataloged a ...
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NGC7000, The North American Nebula, photo and description ... NGC 7000 is the famous North American Nebula in Cygnus. ... On a dark night under a clear and transparent sky, the North American Nebula can be seen with the unaided eye as a bright patch in the Cygnus Milky Way. In binoculars equipped with Lumicon UHC filters,
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According to Dave Riddle, the large dark nebulae between the North America Nebula and IC 1396 is Globular Filament 7 (GF 7) cataloged by Schneider & Elmegreen in 1979 (ApJS 41, 87). It is also sometimes referred to as Le Gentil 3, named after the French observer Guillaume ... IC 1396 and the North American Nebula...
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This emission nebula on the left is famous partly because it resembles Earth's continent of North America. To the right of the North America Nebula, cataloged as NGC 7000, is a less luminous nebula that resembles a pelican dubbed the Pelican Nebula.
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Explanation: The North America Nebula in the sky can do what most North Americans on Earth cannot -- form stars. Specifically, in analogy to the ...
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North American Nebula (NGC7000 in Cygnus) ... NGC7000 is called "The North American Nebula" because of its shape. It's a bright emission nebula at about 3 degrees east of Deneb, alpha Cygni. The nebula is very photographed and attractive on long-exposure. Unfortunately you'll find it is extremely faint with a slightly...
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This emission nebula is famous partly because it resembles Earth's North American Continent. To the right of the North America Nebula is a less luminous Pelican Nebula. Let's be grateful that pelicans aren't really that large!
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Visible on the right in red is the North American Nebula, a bright emission nebula observable from a dark location with binoculars. The North American Nebula is about 1500 light years away, much farther than the comet, which was about 8 light minutes away.
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