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Sh2-261.jpg Unique Bubble in Lower's Nebula Sharpless 2-261 is a faint emission nebula located near the outer edge of the Orion arm of our Milky Way Galaxy. Named for the father-son team of astronomers who discovered it in 1939, it is simply classified as an HII region. It is energized by a rogue O...

Sharpless 2-119, known as The Clamshell Nebula, is a large complex of emission nebulosity located approximately 2200 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. It is often overlooked being just a few degrees east of the more famous North American Nebula (NGC 7000). The bright star near the center...

Semeis 57.jpg Semeis 57 - The Propeller Nebula is part of a vast and rich region in Cygnus, known as the Cygnus X Complex. First cataloged in the 1950s by astronomers at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory at Simeiz, Ukraine studying HII regions. This peculiar structure suggests outflow from a ro...

WR134.jpg Wolf Rayet 134 is one of 3 similar stars located about 6000ly away in the Constellation Cygnus. They were the first stars of this type studied and given the designation Wolf-Rayet. WR 134 is a very hot star nearly 400,000 times as luminous as our Sun. This star sheds its outer layers in a...

The Dragon in Cygnus This is the complex around Sharpless 2-114. This is an extremely faint hydrogen and dust complex not far from some of the more popular nebula in Cygnus. The unique filamentary structure appears like an ancient supernova remnant but none have ever been recorded in this area. Not...

The Wizard Nebula.jpg Informally known as the “Wizard Nebula” due to it's shape. NGC 7380 is an open cluster of stars still embedded in the dust and gas from which they formed. This beautiful emission nebula is located about 7200ly away and seen in the Constellation Cepheus. This is 19hrs NB integr...

NGC 6888 The Crescent Nebula and Soap Bubble. NGC 6888.jpg Multiple shockwaves colliding have shaped the surrounding dust into the beautiful, intricate detail of the Crescent Nebula seen in Cygnus. Also included in this image is The Soap Bubble Nebula. This extremely faint nebula is a fairly recent ...