NGC 7000

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NGC 7000 is a large emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus whose shape strikingly resembles the continent of North America.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
NGC 7000 canonical 5
NGC 7000 is the North America Nebula 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf H II region
deep-sky object
emission nebula
angularSize about 120 arcminutes by 100 arcminutes
apparentMagnitudeV 4.0
associatedWith Pelican Nebula
bestSeenInMonth August
July
bestSeenInSeason summer
catalog New General Catalogue
contains interstellar dust
interstellar gas
regions of active star formation
declination +44° 20′
discoveredBy William Herschel
discoveryYear 1786
distanceFromEarth about 2600 light-years
about 800 parsecs
dominantEmissionLine H-alpha
equatorialCoordinateSystem J2000
galacticLatitude about -0.5 degrees
galacticLongitude about 85 degrees
hasAlternativeDesignation Sh2-117
hasColor reddish
hasName North America Nebula
hasNGCNumber 7000
hasRegion Central America region
linked to: Central America

East Coast region
Gulf of Mexico region
linked to: Gulf of Mexico

Mexico region
hasShapeResemblance North America continent
ionizingSource nearby hot stars
isTargetFor astrophotography
wide-field surveys
liesNear Galactic plane
locatedIn Milky Way
Orion Arm
locatedInConstellation Cygnus
nearbyBrightStar Deneb
observableWith binoculars
small telescope
partOf Cygnus star-forming complex
reddishColorCause hydrogen emission
requiresForDetail wide-field imaging
rightAscension 20h 58m
separatedFrom Pelican Nebula
separationCause dark dust lane
spectralType emission nebula spectrum dominated by hydrogen
visibleFromHemisphere Northern Hemisphere

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cygnus containsDeepSkyObject NGC 7000
subject linked to: constellation Cygnus
NGC hasNotableEntry NGC 7000
NGC notableEntryExample NGC 7000 is the North America Nebula
linked to: NGC 7000
Caldwell 20 catalogNumber NGC 7000