The sky around Flying Dragon Nebula at true scale, north up and east left, with stars to magnitude 8. The circles show the field of a low-power eyepiece and of 10×50 binoculars.
Flying Dragon Nebula is an emission nebula (H II region) in Cygnus
Flying Dragon Nebula (Sh2-114, LBN 347) is an emission nebula (H II region) in the constellation Cygnus. It is a telescope object, 6 inches or larger, and it is highest in the evening sky in September.
Nebula: a cloud of gas and dust. Emission nebulae glow on their own, lit by ultraviolet light from hot young stars; reflection nebulae shine by starlight scattered from dust; dark nebulae block the light behind them.
Flying Dragon Nebula is Sh2-114 in the Sharpless catalog
Stewart Sharpless listed it in his catalog of H II regions (1959), drawn from the red and blue prints of the Palomar Sky Survey. He rated each region's brightness on a scale of 1 to 3; Sh2-114 is medium (class 2 of 3). It is also listed as LBN 347.
Finding Flying Dragon Nebula from Deneb
Flying Dragon Nebula lies 9.8° southeast of Deneb, the magnitude 1.2 star. A fist held at arm's length covers about 10°.
Flying Dragon Nebula 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 51°S, and never sets north of 51°N.
The distance to Flying Dragon Nebula is not well measured
