The Gamma Cygni Nebula (IC1318)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Fairfield , the Gamma Cygni Nebula is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:25 (EDT), 44° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:33, 89° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:29, 56° above your western horizon.

Name The Gamma Cygni Nebula (IC1318)
Object type Star
Other names
The Gamma Cygni Nebula
The Butterfly Nebula
IC 1318[1]
LBN 251[2]
Position
Right ascension:20h22m13s [1]
Declination:+40°15'24" [1]
Constellation:Cygnus
Magnitude:2.23 (V) [1]
2.90 (B) [1]
1.11 (J) [1]
0.83 (H) [1]
0.72 (K) [1]
B-V Color (mag):0.67

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