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IC 1318B
IC 1318B — Butterfly Nebula — IC 1318B Region
Emission Nebula
· CygnusIntermediate
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Target information
- Object type
- Emission Nebula
- Constellation
- Cygnus
- Right ascension
- 20h 28m 00s
- Declination
- +40° 00′ 00″
- Magnitude
- Not recorded
- Angular size
- 45′ × 30′
- Surface brightness
- Not recorded
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Best months
- Jul-Oct
- Catalog IDs
- IC 1318B
About this target
IC 1318B position J2000 20h28m00s +40d00m00s from SIMBAD (LBN 078.55+00.85), consistent with revised NGC/IC compilation ~20h27m54s +40d00m. 45 × 30 arcmin catalog extent from Steinicke compilation. Regional A/B/C nomenclature and 'wing' naming differ among atlases; do not assume a universal east/west assignment.