Large bright star at the top left of the image, surrounded by dark dust and gas. Stars pepper the image in the bottom right.

Hubble Caldwell 20, the North American Nebula

While the spiral feature in the upper portion of this Hubble image may resemble the arm of a galaxy or the heart of a cosmic storm, it is actually a small portion of Caldwell 20 (NGC 7000), or the North America Nebula.

Credits: NASA, ESA, and K. Stapelfeldt (Jet Propulsion Laboratory); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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Image CreditNASA, ESA, and K. Stapelfeldt (Jet Propulsion Laboratory); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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