Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)
NGC 7000 Cygnus Wall, maragus
NGC 7000 Cygnus Wall
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NGC 7000 Cygnus Wall

NGC 7000 Cygnus Wall, maragus
NGC 7000 Cygnus Wall
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NGC 7000 Cygnus Wall

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The Cygnus Wall is a part of the North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or C20) in the constellation Cygnus. This deep space object is an emission nebula consisting of interstellar cloud of ionised hydrogen (HII) and much smaller portion of other gas (OII, SII and others). It also contains a dark region of dense interstellar dust.

This nebula is located approximately 1600 ly from the earth.

It has a W shape

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NGC 7000 Cygnus Wall, maragus