North American Nebula (NGC700

The North America Nebula (cataloged as NGC 7000) is a large emission nebula located approximately 2,200 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. Spanning roughly 90 light-years across, its striking shape is caused by glowing, ionized hydrogen gas energized by intense ultraviolet radiation from massive nearby stars.

This image uses the Hubble HSO palette tomreveal hydrogen (reds) and oxygen (blues).

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