なのです (Akutagawa story)

I'm trying to figure out what this sentence means:

極楽は丁度朝なのでございましょう。

My book gives the translation "It was perhaps early morning in Paradise."

I understand that でございます is the keigo version of です, with the ましょう ending indicating "must be/is probably." I also get that ちょうど朝 can mean "just morning" in the sense of morning just having broken.

But what does the なの before でございましょう mean?

by zeptimius

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