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space1 month ago•1 min saved

Pelican Nebula in Transition: Ionization Fronts and Star Formation Illuminated

APOD presents a deep-exposure image of the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) showing active star formation where newborn stars ionize surrounding gas, creating a bright ionization front amid dark dust filaments. The Utah-shot 25-hour image highlights the boundary with cold gas and dust (bounded by dark nebula LDN 935) near the North America Nebula, with the nebula's appearance expected to evolve over millions of years as gas and stars rearrange.

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#dust-and-gas #ic-5070 #ionization-front

space8 months ago•72 min saved

Pelican Nebula glows near the Las Vegas Strip in a stunning backyard astrophotography shot

Astrophotographer Jason Livingston captured a detailed view of the Pelican Nebula, about 2,000 light-years away in the Cygnus constellation, from his Henderson, Nevada backyard near the Las Vegas Strip, using 27 hours of narrowband imaging across several August 2025 nights; the image reveals a colorful patch of star-forming gas behind a dark molecular cloud, shaped by radiation from newborn stars, with bright stars 57 Cygni and 56 Cygni visible near Deneb.

via Space|

#astrophotography #cygnus #las-vegas-strip