Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)
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DWB-118 "Propeller Nebula" Region - Cygnus, Jim Thommes
DWB-118 "Propeller Nebula" Region - Cygnus
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DWB-118 "Propeller Nebula" Region - Cygnus

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DWB-118 "Propeller Nebula" Region - Cygnus, Jim Thommes
DWB-118 "Propeller Nebula" Region - Cygnus
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DWB-118 "Propeller Nebula" Region - Cygnus

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North is to the right in this image. This image is dominated by the central bright Nebula known as DWB 118 (from the Dickel, Wendker, and Bieritz Catalog of the Cygnus-X region). Distance and ienergizing source are not known. It is also in a region with some obscuring dust intervening. The filed is well represented in the DWB catalog - there are fourteen cataloged items present in this image field (DWB 90, 107, 108, 111, 117, 118, 119, 120, 125, 126, 131, 132, 133, 136). There are a few dark nebulae cataloged that are in this image field as well. These objects as well as some of the brighter stars are identified in the annotated image. Horizontal FOV is 116'

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