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Proper Name	Pelican Nebula
Messier Number	None
NGC/IC Numbers	IC 5067 (region to the northwest) IC 5070 (main nebula)
Constellation	Cygnus
Right Ascension	20h 51m 0s
Declination	+44° 22' 0"
Distance	c.1,800 light years c.5,900 parsecs
Magnitude	+8.0
Mean Diameter	Apparent: c.80' x 70' Actual: c.42 x 37 light years
Optimum Visibility	August
Notes	This HII region, a field of ionised hydrogen in Cygnus, is connected to the nearby North America Nebula, though an obscuring lane of dark dust between the two gives the false impression of separate nebulae, at least as viewed from Earth.

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