North America Nebula
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The North America Nebula is a large, bright emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus whose shape strikingly resembles the North American continent.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| North America Nebula canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
H II region
ⓘ
diffuse nebula ⓘ emission nebula ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Caldwell 20
ⓘ
NGC 7000 ⓘ |
| angularSize | about 120 arcminutes × 100 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | about 4.0 ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Caldwell objects
ⓘ
NGC objects ⓘ |
| bestSeenFrom | Northern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| bestViewingSeason | summer ⓘ |
| catalog |
Caldwell catalogue
ⓘ
New General Catalogue ⓘ |
| catalogNumber |
C20
ⓘ
NGC 7000 ⓘ |
| color | reddish ⓘ |
| commonImagingBand |
OIII
ⓘ
SII ⓘ narrowband H-alpha ⓘ |
| constellation | Cygnus ⓘ |
| contains | regions of active star formation ⓘ |
| declination | +44° 20′ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | William Herschel ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1786 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 2600 light-years
ⓘ
about 800 parsecs ⓘ |
| dominantEmissionLine | H-alpha ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude | about +0.5° ⓘ |
| galacticLongitude | about 85° ⓘ |
| ionizingSource | massive O-type star ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Milky Way
ⓘ
Orion Arm ⓘ |
| nearbyObject | Pelican Nebula ⓘ |
| observedIn |
infrared wavelengths
ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ radio wavelengths ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cygnus X star-forming region
ⓘ
surface form:
Cygnus X region
Cygnus molecular cloud complex ⓘ |
| regionNickname |
East Coast of the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
East Coast region
Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
surface form:
Gulf of Mexico region
Mexico region ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 20h 58m ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | Pelican Nebula by dark dust lane ⓘ |
| shapeResembles | North American continent ⓘ |
| spectralTypeOfExcitingStars | O-type ⓘ |
| visibleWith |
small telescope
ⓘ
wide-field binoculars ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cygnus