Deep-sky objects in Cygnus
Sky Map
The sky above you at 14:30
This interactive sky map shows the positions of the brightest celestial objects from your location. Move it horizontally to follow how their positions change through the night.
M39
Open Cluster
An open star cluster containing approximately 30 stars, located approximately 800 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus.
M29
Open Cluster
An open star cluster containing over 400 stars, part of the Cygnus OB1 association, located approximately 4,000 light-years away.
Cocoon Nebula (IC5146)
Star cluster + Nebula
IC5146 is a star cluster + nebula with apparent magnitude 7.20 in the constellation Cygnus, spanning approximately 10 arcseconds in the sky.
Data Credits
The deep-sky information on this page comes from the OpenNGC project developed by Matteo Verga. OpenNGC provides detailed catalog data for nebulae, galaxies, clusters and other deep-sky objects.
For details or contributions, visit the official repository: OpenNGC GitHub.