{"id":839499,"date":"2026-09-07T13:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T13:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/839499\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T13:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T13:12:09","slug":"apod-2026-september-7-the-pelican-nebula-in-gas-dust-and-stars-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/839499\/","title":{"rendered":"APOD: 2026 September 7 \u2013 The Pelican Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

APOD: 2026 September 7 \u2013 The Pelican Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars <\/p>\n

Discover the cosmos!<\/a>
\nEach day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.\n<\/p>\n

2026 September 7
\n

\n\"A<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

The Pelican Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars
Image Credit & Copyright:
\nMark Killion<\/a><\/p>\n

Explanation:
\nThe Pelican Nebula is slowly being transformed. <\/p>\n

IC 5070 (an official designation) is divided from the larger
\nNorth America Nebula<\/a> by a
\nmolecular cloud<\/a> filled with dark
\ndust<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The deep featured picture<\/a> from
\nUtah<\/a>,
\nUSA<\/a> incorporates 25 hours
\nof exposure and brings out great details of this
\nfilamentary dust<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The
\nPelican<\/a> Nebula
\nreceives much study because it is a particularly active mix of
\nstar<\/a> formation
\nand evolving gas clouds. <\/p>\n

The light from young energetic stars is slowly transforming
\nthe cold gas to hot gas,
\nwith the advancing boundary<\/a>
\nbetween the two, known as an
\nionization front<\/a>,
\nvisible in bright orange on the upper right.<\/p>\n

Particularly dense
\ntentacles<\/a> of cold gas remain. <\/p>\n

Millions of years from now, the
\nPelican<\/a> Nebula,
\nbounded by dark nebula
\nLDN 935<\/a>, might no longer be known as the Pelican,
\nas the balance and placement of stars and gas<\/a>
\nwill surely leave something that appears
\ncompletely different<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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