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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                 2022 September 8   
      
                           North America and the Pelican   
                    Image Credit & Copyright: Frank Sackenheim   
      
      Explanation: Fans of our fair planet might recognize the outlines of   
      these cosmic clouds. On the left, bright emission outlined by dark,   
      obscuring dust lanes seems to trace a continental shape, lending the   
      popular name North America Nebula to the emission region cataloged as   
      NGC 7000. To the right, just off the North America Nebula's east coast,   
      is IC 5070, whose avian profile suggests the Pelican Nebula. The two   
      bright nebulae are about 1,500 light-years away, part of the same large   
      and complex star forming region, almost as nearby as the better-known   
      Orion Nebula. At that distance, the 3 degree wide field of view would   
      span 80 light-years. This careful cosmic portrait uses narrowband   
      images combined to highlight the bright ionization fronts and the   
      characteristic glow from atomic hydrogen, and oxygen gas. These nebulae   
      can be seen with binoculars from a dark location. Look northeast of   
      bright star Deneb in Cygnus the Swan, soaring high in the northern   
      summer night sky.   
      
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