Pelican Nebula

E503270

The Pelican Nebula is a bright emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, notable for its bird-like shape and active star-forming regions.

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Label Occurrences
Pelican Nebula canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf H II region
emission nebula
angularSize about 60 arcminutes
apparentMagnitude about 8.0
belongsTo Milky Way NERFINISHED
bestSeenIn early autumn
summer
cataloguedIn Index Catalogue NERFINISHED
contains dark dust lanes
ionization fronts
molecular clouds
protostars
young stellar objects
declination +44° 25′
distanceFromEarth about 1800 light-years
about 550 parsecs
dominantEmissionLine H-alpha
emits hydrogen recombination radiation
oxygen emission lines
sulfur emission lines
hasAlternativeName IC 5067 NERFINISHED
IC 5070 NERFINISHED
hasColor reddish
hasFeature bright ionization front ridge
embedded star clusters
pillars of gas and dust
hasShape pelican-like
ionizedBy nearby hot stars
isRegionOf active star formation
isTargetFor amateur astronomers
astrophotography
professional star-formation studies
locatedIn Orion–Cygnus Arm NERFINISHED
locatedInConstellation Cygnus NERFINISHED
near North America Nebula NERFINISHED
observedIn infrared wavelengths
optical wavelengths
radio wavelengths
partOf Cygnus molecular cloud complex NERFINISHED
North America–Pelican Nebula complex NERFINISHED
requiresForObservation dark skies
hydrogen-alpha filter
wide-field telescope
rightAscension 20h 51m
separatedFrom North America Nebula by a dark dust lane
visibleFrom Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED

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Input
Subject: Pelican Nebula
Description of subject: The Pelican Nebula is a bright emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, notable for its bird-like shape and active star-forming regions.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North America Nebula nearbyObject Pelican Nebula
constellation Cygnus containsDeepSkyObject Pelican Nebula
subject surface form: Cygnus