This is an emission complex located in the constellation of Cygnus at a declination of +44 degrees.  From left to right across the center of the image are NGC 7000 (North American Nebula), NGC 6997 (open star cluster), and IC 5070 (Pelican Nebula).

The North America nebula is one of the largest emission nebulae in the sky. The image is a complex scene with objects that are at various distances from us. The large bright foreground Milky Way stars are closest. Next at about 1500 light years is the dark molecular cloud which lies in front of the emission nebula, blocks off portions of the glow, and defines the "North America" shape. Next is the emission nebula itself at about 2000 light years. Finally, many dimmer stars are seen in the more distant background.  

The most striking feature of this nebula is the prominent emission ridge towards the bottom left of the image known as the Cygnus Wall. The wall has been sculpted by radiation from the region's young, hot, massive stars and is an area of active star formation.

Note the tiny bright red fan-like object at 205817 Dec at 435335 RA.  This is identified as a series of Herbig-Haro objects - HH653, HH654, and HH655.  HH objects are bright patches of nebulosity, usually dominated by hydrogen gas, associated with the jet outflow from newborn stars.

The open star cluster NGC 6997 in center of the image has been determined to be beyond the nebulous cloud by about 200 light years, dimming the cluster brightness somewhat. 

On the right side of the image is IS 5070, the Pelican Nebula.  Its most fascinating feature is another Herbig-Haro object, HH555.  HH555 is at the tip of the long trunk of towering dark dust extending to the left. At the very tip of the trunk are a pair of white gas jets extending above and below the tip of the trunk. This indicates the presence of a unseen protostar - a star birthed from a cold collapsing cloud of hydrogen gas.