Caldwell 20

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Caldwell 20 is a large, bright emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, notable for its distinctive shape resembling the outline of the North American continent.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Caldwell 20 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf H II region ⓘ
deep-sky object ⓘ
emission nebula ⓘ
alsoKnownAs North America Nebula ⓘ
angularSize about 120 arcminutes ⓘ
apparentMagnitude 4.0 ⓘ
associatedWithStar Deneb ⓘ
bestSeenFromHemisphere Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
bestViewingSeason summer ⓘ
catalogCode C20 ⓘ
catalogNumber NGC 7000 ⓘ
contains interstellar dust ⓘ
interstellar gas ⓘ
star-forming regions ⓘ
containsRegion Central America region ⓘ
linked to: Central America

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

Mexico region ⓘ
declination +44° 20′ ⓘ
discoveredBy William Herschel ⓘ
discoveryYear 1786 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 2600 light-years ⓘ
about 800 parsecs ⓘ
dominantColor red ⓘ
dominantEmissionLine H-alpha ⓘ
excitedBy nearby hot young stars ⓘ
galacticLatitude about +2.0 degrees ⓘ
galacticLongitude about 85.5 degrees ⓘ
hasDistinctiveShape resembles outline of North American continent ⓘ
includedIn New General Catalogue ⓘ
ionizingSource Deneb ⓘ
locatedIn Cygnus Arm of the Milky Way ⓘ
linked to: Orion–Cygnus Arm
locatedInConstellation Cygnus ⓘ
nearbyObjectOnSky Pelican Nebula ⓘ
observedInWavelength hydrogen-alpha ⓘ
visible light ⓘ
observingRequirement dark skies for best visibility ⓘ
partOf Milky Way ⓘ
partOfCatalog Caldwell catalogue ⓘ
rightAscension 20h 58m ⓘ
separatedFromNearbyObjectBy dark dust lane ⓘ
skyLocation near star Deneb in Cygnus ⓘ
typeOfNebula diffuse nebula ⓘ
visibleToNakedEye as faint glow under dark skies ⓘ
visibleWith small telescope ⓘ
wide-field binoculars ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

North America Nebula → alsoKnownAs → Caldwell 20 ⓘ