Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  PK085+04.1  ·  Sh2-115  ·  Sh2-116
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Sh2-115 & Sh2-116 in Cygnus (wide field in HSTrgb), Jose Carballada
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Sh2-115 & Sh2-116 in Cygnus (wide field in HSTrgb)

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Sh2-115 & Sh2-116 in Cygnus (wide field in HSTrgb), Jose Carballada
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Sh2-115 & Sh2-116 in Cygnus (wide field in HSTrgb)

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Sh2-115 is a faint emission nebula annoted by S.Sharpless in 1959.

It is located in Cygnus about 7,500 light-years away, just 1 and 2 degrees northwest of Deneb, the brightest star of that constellation.

Sh2-116 or Abell 71 is the designation of the small round patch of emission nebulosity to the upper left of Sh2-115.

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