North America & Pelican Nebulae

North America & Pelican Nebulae

The North America nebula, NGC7000, is a large HII region located in the Cygnus constellation some 2,590 light-years away from Earth. Several dust lanes obscure this rich emission region that spans for several full moons across the field of view.   Next to NGC7000 we...
Cygnus Loop Nebula, test image

Cygnus Loop Nebula, test image

The Cygnus Loop is an amazing nebulae complex located in the Cygnus constellation. It’s composed by several bright emission nebulae such as NGC 6960 and NGC6992, and also by some other faint nebulae. This nebula is a supernova remnant which exploded some 10,000...
Sharpless-308: The Dolphin Nebula and its Wolf-Rayet star

Sharpless-308: The Dolphin Nebula and its Wolf-Rayet star

Not far from Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, this cosmic scape shows the effects of several energetic events blown by the massive Wolf-Rayet star WR 6, located in the Cannis Majoris constellation. Sharpless-308, also known as the Dolphin Nebula, seems to...
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