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.
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cygnus