Nebula 007 / 100
Cocoon Nebula
IC5146
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At a glance
- Type
- Emission nebula (H II region)
- Constellation
- Cyg
- Right ascension
- 21h 53m 28.8s
- Declination
- +47° 16′
- Apparent magnitude
- 7.2
- Angular size
- 10x10′
- Catalogue
- IC5146
Located in Cygnus.
The outline on your card
A round emission head trailing a dark molecular tail, with an embedded young cluster at its centre.
- Outline class
- Cometary
- Axis ratio
- 1.00 : 1
- Central source
- Embedded cluster
- Surface brightness
- Medium
- Recorded structure
- Dark lane · Bright rim · Embedded stars
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