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Clamshell nebula Sh2-119 (Clamshell nebula Sh2-119), Freddy Bowles
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Clamshell nebula Sh2-119 (Clamshell nebula Sh2-119)

Clamshell nebula Sh2-119 (Clamshell nebula Sh2-119), Freddy Bowles
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Clamshell nebula Sh2-119 (Clamshell nebula Sh2-119)

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This large, diffuse emission nebula is Sh2-119 (Sharpless 119).  It is a few degrees east of the North America nebula, in Cygnus.  The bright star in the centre is 68-Cygni. Like the North America nebula, this gas cloud is about 1,800 light years away.

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