A few fine objects cover such large regions of the sky that they are best seen with binoculars. If you have access to a high-quality pair of binoculars, observe the North American Nebula in Cygnus and the Pipe Nebula in Ophiuchus. Both nebulae are quite faint, so you should attempt to observe them only on an exceptionally dark, clear, moonless night. The North America Nebula is a cloud of glowing hydrogen gas located about $3^{\circ}$ east of Deneb, the brightest star in Cygnus. While searching for the North America Nebula, you may glimpse another diffuse H II region, the Pelican Nebula, located about $2^{\circ}$ southeast of Deneb. The Pipe Nebula is a $7^{\circ}$-long, meandering, dark nebula to the south and to the east of the star $\theta$ (theta) Ophiuchi, which is in a section of Ophiuchus that extends southward between the constellations of Scorpius and Sagittarius. Located about $12^{\circ}$ east of the bright red star Antares, you can locate $\theta$ Ophiuchi using the Starry Night Enthusiast ${ }^{\mathrm{TM}}$ software on the CD-ROM that accompanies certain printed copies of this book.