Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  IC 5070  ·  Pelican nebula
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Pelican Nebula - Deep Sky West Remote Observatory, Deep Sky West (Lloyd)
Pelican Nebula - Deep Sky West Remote Observatory
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Pelican Nebula - Deep Sky West Remote Observatory

Link to TIFF/FITS: http://www.deepskywest.com
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Pelican Nebula - Deep Sky West Remote Observatory, Deep Sky West (Lloyd)
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Pelican Nebula - Deep Sky West Remote Observatory

Link to TIFF/FITS: http://www.deepskywest.com

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The Pelican is much studied because it has a particularly active mix of star formation and evolving gas clouds. The light from young energetic stars is slowly transforming cold gas to hot and causing an ionization front gradually to advance outward. Particularly dense filaments of cold gas are seen to still remain, and among these are found two jets emitted from the Herbig–Haro object 555.

Millions of years from now this nebula might no longer be known as the Pelican, as the balance and placement of stars and gas will leave something that appears completely different.

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Pelican Nebula - Deep Sky West Remote Observatory, Deep Sky West (Lloyd)