Cygnus nebulosity

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Complex of red emission and dark dusty nebulas in Cygnus, with the bright Cygnus starcloud at bottom and the North America nebula at top. At the very top is the dark Funnel Cloud nebula. At lower left are the arcs of the Veil nebula. Below them is the large star cluster NGC 6940 in Vulpecula. At centre is the IC 1318 nebula, or the Butterfly.

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