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This cosmic cloud is one of many sites of star formation within the Milky Way galaxy.
The Seagull nebula, seen in this infrared mosaic from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, draws its name from its resemblance to a gull in flight.
Astronomers catalogue the nebula as IC 2177 and it is nearly 240 light-years across.
It is located 3,800 light-years away from Earth, inside the Orion spur, the same partial spiral arm of the Milky Way where our solar system is located.
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