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SH2-119 with 68Cyg Hubble palette, Eric Coles (coles44)

SH2-119 with 68Cyg Hubble palette

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Description

This is the Hubble Palette version of Sharpless 119, or SH2-119, a large emission nebula in Cygnus, just 2 degrees east of the North America Nebula. At the center of the nebulosity is the star 68Cyg, an expanding blue giant.

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Center (RA, Dec): (319.594, 43.955)

Center (RA, hms): 21h 18m 22.611s

Center (Dec, dms): +43° 57' 16.978"

Size: 1.57 x 2.36 deg

Radius: 1.415 deg

Pixel scale: 2.13 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: Up is 90 degrees E of N

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SH2-119 with 68Cyg Hubble palette, Eric Coles (coles44)