SH2-115 is a large emission nebula found in the northern regions of the constellation Cygnus, about 2° northwest of the bright star Deneb. Located about 7,500 light-years away, this extensive HII region is broken into two basic parts – one being roundish and associated with a bright cluster known as Berkley 90- which is shown in this SHO rendering to be a mix of blue and red colors. The other section is a long linear feature that is shown in red in this rendering.

Also in this view is Abell 71 (Pk 85+04.1). This is recorded as a faint planetary nebula with a magnitude of 18.9 central star. It was counted as one of four planetary nebulas found in Cynus by G. Abell in 1955. However subsequent studies by P.Pismis, I.Hasse & A.Quintero in 1991 are suggesting this is actually just a region of H-alpha gasses. Analysis showed that while there was a significant Ha signal found almost no O-III was seen – and O-III is usually associated with planetary nebulas. It is now thought that this object is an HII cloud associated with SH2-115.