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SH2-119
Cygnus
Penryn, California
September 2007
FCL-90 II (ag, ST-4)
ST-10XME LRGB  5 minute subs

A faint emission type nebula to the south of the North American Nebula, ionized by the 68 Cygni.  68 Cygni was likely blasted out of the Cepheus OB2 association some 5.2 million years ago.
 

An excellent deep color image of this HII region can be found at http://www.astrographica.com/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=782