Cygnus OB2 association

GPTKB entity

Statements (127)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf OB association
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 7.7
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Cygnus_OB2_#12
gptkb:Cygnus_OB2_#5
gptkb:Cygnus_OB2_#8A
gptkb:B-type_stars
gptkb:O-type_stars
Wolf-Rayet stars
young stellar objects
massive stars
blue supergiants
red supergiants
massive star clusters
pre-main-sequence stars
Cygnus OB2 #10
Cygnus OB2 #100
Cygnus OB2 #11
Cygnus OB2 #12 (hypergiant star)
Cygnus OB2 #13
Cygnus OB2 #14
Cygnus OB2 #15
Cygnus OB2 #16
Cygnus OB2 #17
Cygnus OB2 #18
Cygnus OB2 #19
Cygnus OB2 #20
Cygnus OB2 #21
Cygnus OB2 #22
Cygnus OB2 #23
Cygnus OB2 #24
Cygnus OB2 #25
Cygnus OB2 #26
Cygnus OB2 #27
Cygnus OB2 #28
Cygnus OB2 #29
Cygnus OB2 #3
Cygnus OB2 #30
Cygnus OB2 #31
Cygnus OB2 #32
Cygnus OB2 #33
Cygnus OB2 #34
Cygnus OB2 #35
Cygnus OB2 #36
Cygnus OB2 #37
Cygnus OB2 #38
Cygnus OB2 #39
Cygnus OB2 #4
Cygnus OB2 #40
Cygnus OB2 #41
Cygnus OB2 #42
Cygnus OB2 #43
Cygnus OB2 #44
Cygnus OB2 #45
Cygnus OB2 #46
Cygnus OB2 #47
Cygnus OB2 #48
Cygnus OB2 #49
Cygnus OB2 #50
Cygnus OB2 #51
Cygnus OB2 #52
Cygnus OB2 #53
Cygnus OB2 #54
Cygnus OB2 #55
Cygnus OB2 #56
Cygnus OB2 #57
Cygnus OB2 #58
Cygnus OB2 #59
Cygnus OB2 #6
Cygnus OB2 #60
Cygnus OB2 #61
Cygnus OB2 #62
Cygnus OB2 #63
Cygnus OB2 #64
Cygnus OB2 #65
Cygnus OB2 #66
Cygnus OB2 #67
Cygnus OB2 #68
Cygnus OB2 #69
Cygnus OB2 #7
Cygnus OB2 #70
Cygnus OB2 #71
Cygnus OB2 #72
Cygnus OB2 #73
Cygnus OB2 #74
Cygnus OB2 #75
Cygnus OB2 #76
Cygnus OB2 #77
Cygnus OB2 #78
Cygnus OB2 #79
Cygnus OB2 #80
Cygnus OB2 #81
Cygnus OB2 #82
Cygnus OB2 #83
Cygnus OB2 #84
Cygnus OB2 #85
Cygnus OB2 #86
Cygnus OB2 #87
Cygnus OB2 #88
Cygnus OB2 #89
Cygnus OB2 #8B
Cygnus OB2 #9
Cygnus OB2 #90
Cygnus OB2 #91
Cygnus OB2 #92
Cygnus OB2 #93
Cygnus OB2 #94
Cygnus OB2 #95
Cygnus OB2 #96
Cygnus OB2 #97
Cygnus OB2 #98
Cygnus OB2 #99
dozens of O-type stars
hundreds of B-type stars
over 2,600 OB stars
gptkbp:diameter 60 light-years
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Stewart_Sharpless
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1953
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth 1,400 parsecs
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cygnus OB2 association
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Cygnus_constellation
gptkbp:mass 30,000 solar masses
gptkbp:otherName gptkb:Cyg_OB2
gptkb:Sh2-108
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Cygnus_X_star-forming_region
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Constellation_Cygnus
gptkb:NGC_6914
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7