Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  62 Cyg  ·  The star ξ Cyg
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The Cygnus Wall, Steven Bellavia
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The Cygnus Wall

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The Cygnus Wall

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The Cygnus wall is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, the swan,  consisting of interstellar cloud of ionized hydrogen (HII) and much smaller portion of other gases (OII, SII and others). It also contains dark regions of dense interstellar dust. The wall is only a portion of the larger North American nebula, located approximately 1600 light years from the Earth.

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The Cygnus Wall, Steven Bellavia

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