NGC 6866 is an open cluster in the constellation Cygnus. It was discovered by Caroline Herschel on 23 July 1783. NGC 6866 is located in what was the field...
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Cygnus Loop (section NGC 6992, NGC 6995, and IC 1340)
+30° 35′ 43″. As the westernmost NGC object in the nebula (first in right ascension), its number is sometimes used as an NGC identifier for the nebula as...
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Veil Nebula (redirect from NGC 6960)
as Caldwell 33), whose brightest area is NGC 6992, trailing off farther south into NGC 6995 (together with NGC 6992 also known as "Network Nebula") and...
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NGC 6946, sometimes referred to as the Fireworks Galaxy, is a face-on intermediate spiral galaxy with a small bright nucleus, whose location in the sky...
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North America Nebula (redirect from NGC 7000)
The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest...
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This is a list of NGC objects 6001–7000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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NGC 7027, also known as the Jewel Bug Nebula or the Magic Carpet Nebula, is a very young and dense planetary nebula located around 3,000 light-years (920...
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Association Cygnus OB2 Cygnus OB7 Cygnus OB9 Open Berkeley 86 DR 6 IC 5146 Messier 29 Messier 39 NGC 6811 NGC 6819 NGC 6834 NGC 6866 NGC 6871 NGC 6910...
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NGC 6826 (also known as Caldwell 15) is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. It is commonly referred to as the "Blinking Planetary"...
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embedded star of magnitude 6, NGC 7000 is 1500 light-years from Earth. To the south of Epsilon Cygni is the Veil Nebula (NGC 6960, 6979, 6992, and 6995)...
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Crescent Nebula (redirect from NGC 6888)
The Crescent Nebula (also known as NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, Sharpless 105) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, about 5000 light-years away...
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Cross. It is situated south of 31 Cygni, and northeast of the star cluster NGC 6866. While only a few arcminutes away from the cluster, it is unrelated and...
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Association Cygnus OB2 Cygnus OB7 Cygnus OB9 Open Berkeley 86 DR 6 IC 5146 Messier 29 Messier 39 NGC 6811 NGC 6819 NGC 6834 NGC 6866 NGC 6871 NGC 6910...
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Association Cygnus OB2 Cygnus OB7 Cygnus OB9 Open Berkeley 86 DR 6 IC 5146 Messier 29 Messier 39 NGC 6811 NGC 6819 NGC 6834 NGC 6866 NGC 6871 NGC 6910...
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Association Cygnus OB2 Cygnus OB7 Cygnus OB9 Open Berkeley 86 DR 6 IC 5146 Messier 29 Messier 39 NGC 6811 NGC 6819 NGC 6834 NGC 6866 NGC 6871 NGC 6910...
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Association Cygnus OB2 Cygnus OB7 Cygnus OB9 Open Berkeley 86 DR 6 IC 5146 Messier 29 Messier 39 NGC 6811 NGC 6819 NGC 6834 NGC 6866 NGC 6871 NGC 6910...
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Association Cygnus OB2 Cygnus OB7 Cygnus OB9 Open Berkeley 86 DR 6 IC 5146 Messier 29 Messier 39 NGC 6811 NGC 6819 NGC 6834 NGC 6866 NGC 6871 NGC 6910...
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Association Cygnus OB2 Cygnus OB7 Cygnus OB9 Open Berkeley 86 DR 6 IC 5146 Messier 29 Messier 39 NGC 6811 NGC 6819 NGC 6834 NGC 6866 NGC 6871 NGC 6910...
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Association Cygnus OB2 Cygnus OB7 Cygnus OB9 Open Berkeley 86 DR 6 IC 5146 Messier 29 Messier 39 NGC 6811 NGC 6819 NGC 6834 NGC 6866 NGC 6871 NGC 6910...
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Messier 39 (redirect from NGC 7092)
Messier 39 or M39, also known as NGC 7092, is an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Cygnus, sometimes referred to as the Pyramid Cluster. It...
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NGC 6910 is an open cluster in the constellation Cygnus. It was discovered by William Herschel on October 17, 1786. The cluster was also observed by John...
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Messier 29 (redirect from NGC 6913)
Messier 29 or M29, also known as NGC 6913 or the Cooling Tower Cluster, is a quite small, bright open cluster of stars just south of the central bright...
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Association Cygnus OB2 Cygnus OB7 Cygnus OB9 Open Berkeley 86 DR 6 IC 5146 Messier 29 Messier 39 NGC 6811 NGC 6819 NGC 6834 NGC 6866 NGC 6871 NGC 6910...
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Association Cygnus OB2 Cygnus OB7 Cygnus OB9 Open Berkeley 86 DR 6 IC 5146 Messier 29 Messier 39 NGC 6811 NGC 6819 NGC 6834 NGC 6866 NGC 6871 NGC 6910...
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Association Cygnus OB2 Cygnus OB7 Cygnus OB9 Open Berkeley 86 DR 6 IC 5146 Messier 29 Messier 39 NGC 6811 NGC 6819 NGC 6834 NGC 6866 NGC 6871 NGC 6910...
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Association Cygnus OB2 Cygnus OB7 Cygnus OB9 Open Berkeley 86 DR 6 IC 5146 Messier 29 Messier 39 NGC 6811 NGC 6819 NGC 6834 NGC 6866 NGC 6871 NGC 6910...
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Association Cygnus OB2 Cygnus OB7 Cygnus OB9 Open Berkeley 86 DR 6 IC 5146 Messier 29 Messier 39 NGC 6811 NGC 6819 NGC 6834 NGC 6866 NGC 6871 NGC 6910...
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reflection/emission nebula and Caldwell object in the constellation Cygnus. The NGC description refers to IC 5146 as a cluster of 9.5 mag stars involved in a...
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Association Cygnus OB2 Cygnus OB7 Cygnus OB9 Open Berkeley 86 DR 6 IC 5146 Messier 29 Messier 39 NGC 6811 NGC 6819 NGC 6834 NGC 6866 NGC 6871 NGC 6910...
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Association Cygnus OB2 Cygnus OB7 Cygnus OB9 Open Berkeley 86 DR 6 IC 5146 Messier 29 Messier 39 NGC 6811 NGC 6819 NGC 6834 NGC 6866 NGC 6871 NGC 6910...
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