Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  IC 5070  ·  NGC 6997  ·  Pelican Nebula  ·  The star 57 Cyg
A sword crossing the Pelican Nebula, Maroun Mahfoud
A sword crossing the Pelican Nebula
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A sword crossing the Pelican Nebula

A sword crossing the Pelican Nebula, Maroun Mahfoud
A sword crossing the Pelican Nebula
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A sword crossing the Pelican Nebula

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The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The remarkable shape of the emission nebula resembles that of the continent of North America, complete with a prominent Gulf of Mexico. The North America Nebula and the nearby Pelican Nebula, (IC 5070) are in fact parts of the same interstellar cloud of ionized hydrogen. The distance of the nebula complex is thought to be approximately 1800 light years away.

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A sword crossing the Pelican Nebula, Maroun Mahfoud