LBN 182

LBN 182 is an emission nebula in Cygnus, 6,300 light-years away

LBN 182 is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, 6,300 light-years away. Lynds rated it brightness class 3 of 6, moderately bright, and color class 3, reddish. It spans 1.5° × 20′ of sky, about 165 light-years across. It is a telescope object under a dark sky; a nebula filter helps, and it is highest in the evening sky in September.

Emission nebula: a cloud of gas, mostly hydrogen, made to glow by the ultraviolet light of hot young stars. It shines in the red light of hydrogen-alpha, and a nebula filter helps it stand out from the sky.

Finding LBN 182 from Sadr

LBN 182 lies 5.1° southwest of Sadr, the magnitude 2.2 star. Three fingers held at arm's length cover about 5°.

LBN 182 is highest in the evening in September

The chart gives its height above the horizon at 9 pm through the year, from 60°N to 40°S. It can be seen from the whole northern hemisphere and south to about 54°S, and never sets north of 54°N.

LBN 182 is 6,300 light-years away

The light seen from LBN 182 tonight left it about 6,300 years ago. Distance source: NGC 6883, Gaia DR3, Hunt and Reffert 2023.

57 Lynds bright nebulae and 48 Lynds dark nebulae lie within 5° of LBN 182

The nearest:

• LBN 179, emission nebula, 35′
• LDN 856, dark nebula, 43′
• LDN 853, dark nebula, 50′
• LDN 858, dark nebula, 54′
• LDN 860, dark nebula, 1.0°
• LDN 852, dark nebula, 1.0°
• LBN 187, emission nebula, 1.1°
• LBN 181, emission nebula, 1.2°
• LBN 177, emission nebula, 1.2°
• LDN 849, dark nebula, 1.3°

NGC and IC objects in the field that are brighter than magnitude 12.5 or have their own page:

• NGC 6883, open cluster, 18′
• NGC 6871, open cluster, 47′
• IC 4996, open cluster, 2.2°
• NGC 6888 Crescent Nebula, H II region, 2.6°
• NGC 6857, H II region, 2.8°
• M29 Cooling Tower, open cluster, 3.9°

LBN 182 catalog data