Sharpless 119, Sh2-119, Metsavainio
Sharpless 119, Sh2-119, Metsavainio

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Image is in Natural color palette from the emission of ionized elements,

R=Hydrogen + Sulfur, G=Oxygen and B=Oxygen + Hydrogen.

(Looks much like a "wide screen version" of the Rosette Nebula.)

Sharpless 119 is a largish emission nebula in constellation Cygnus. There are not too many images of it around due the close proximity of eye catchers, North America and Pelican Nebulae. Sh2-199 locates just three degrees East from the NGC 7000, North America Nebula. A bright magnitude 5 star 68 Cygni, can be seen at very center of the image above. There are several dark globules at the Southern part of the nebula.

This image covers about three degrees of sky, that's six full Moons side by side. There are some interesting looking structures in the nebula, straight line type of gas formations, they can be seen at Five and Six a clock positions, starting from image center to almost the edge of the image above.

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Sharpless 119, Sh2-119, Metsavainio