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North American & Pelican Nebulae, Ed Albin
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North American & Pelican Nebulae

North American & Pelican Nebulae, Ed Albin
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North American & Pelican Nebulae

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Finally a clear moonless weekend! :-) So I captured the North American & Pelican Nebulae very early Monday morning from the very dark / starry skies of rural Taliaferro County, Georgia. These clouds of dusty gas are about 1500 light years away, with the one on the left taking its name for its resemblance to the NA continent while the nebula on the right sort of looks like a pelican. A dark cloud of thick dust separates the two, but both are fertile sites of new star / planet formation and perhaps even life...

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North American & Pelican Nebulae, Ed Albin

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