Pelican Nebula
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pelican-nebula-185-2614213
title:
Pelican Nebula
text:
The Pelican Nebula is an H II region associated with the North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The gaseous contortions of this emission nebula bear a resemblance to a pelican, giving rise to its name. The Pelican Nebula is located nearby first magnitude star Deneb, and is divided from its more prominent neighbour, the North America Nebula, by a foreground molecular cloud filled with dark dust. Both are part of the larger H II region of Westerhout 40. The Pelican is much studied becau
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
H II region in the constellation of Cygnus
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelican_Nebula
date created:
2006-02-07T11:43:57Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T15:19:31Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Pelican_nebula_ic5070_ic5067.jpg","width":1770,"height":1179}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16