Andrew Cooper
Sep 27, 2006    Happy Valley, AZ (map)
15cm f/5 Primero

A dark void set off by NGC7000 on one side and IC5070 on the other, the eastern edge is more distinct against the brighter glow of NGC7000, a number of bright stars (7th to 5th mag.) punctuate the dark region, quite large, about a degree east-west and somewhat larger north-south

Rev. T.W. Webb
May 19, 1885    Hardwick, Herefordshire, England (map)

Great nebula [NGC7000] found by Wolf on photos; sharply defined s, and containing a dark opening like a cross.

― Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, T. W. Webb, 1917

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