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Pelican & Wall
The captivating Pelican Nebula, an intricate star-forming region within the Cygnus constellation. Spanning across vast expanses of space, the Pelican Nebula showcases a tapestry of interstellar gas and dust, intricately shaped by the forces of gravity and stellar activity. Deep within its ethereal embrace, young, hot stars illuminate the nebula, their intense radiation causing the surrounding hydrogen gas to glow in shades of crimson and pink.
In the large FOV of this image, the Cygnus Wall emerges as a striking feature—a dense ridge of gas and dust that serves as a stellar nursery, nurturing the birth of new stars. This dynamic interplay of stellar processes and cosmic forces within the Pelican Nebula and the Cygnus Wall offers use a glimpse into the fascinating mechanisms driving the formation and evolution of stars in our universe.