Cocoon nebula and Messier 39

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Area of northern Cygnus including an emission nebula, dark nebulas, and star clusters. The field frames the bright and magenta Cocoon nebula (lower left, IC 5146), at the end of the dark nebula B168, or the Dark Cigar, which itself is southeast of the bright but sparse star cluster Messier 39 at upper right. The field is also wrapped in faint red emission nebulosity. A dimmer smaller star cluster, Platais 1, sits above M39.

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