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Clamshell Nebula Sh2-119 with NGC 7044 Open Cluster, Mau_Bard
Clamshell Nebula Sh2-119 with NGC 7044 Open Cluster, Mau_Bard

Clamshell Nebula Sh2-119 with NGC 7044 Open Cluster

Revision title: Starless

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Clamshell Nebula Sh2-119 with NGC 7044 Open Cluster, Mau_Bard
Clamshell Nebula Sh2-119 with NGC 7044 Open Cluster, Mau_Bard

Clamshell Nebula Sh2-119 with NGC 7044 Open Cluster

Revision title: Starless

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Wonderful nebula in Cygnus, Sh2-119 looks, in the starless version, like a soft red velvet blanket floating in the space.

Near the center of the image is what I thought was a Bok globule, which turned out to be the planetary nebula PK078-03.1.

A special closeup panel is dedicated to the beautiful open cluster NGC 7044, in the lower left corner of the main image. Despite being close to the edge of the optical field, the cluster stars turned out to be quite round and clear, even at the large magnification proposed here.

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