APOD: 2019 September 25 - The Pelican Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars

Good morning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price thanks for these each morning

LTC Stephen F. SP5 Mark Kuzinski COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Maj William W. 'Bill' Price CPL Dave Hoover SSG William Jones Sgt Vance Bonds Cpl (Join to see) Sgt (Join to see) PO1 H Gene LawrenceMaj Robert Thornton SPC Douglas Bolton TSgt Joe C. SGT James Murphy SGT Mark Anderson SFC Craig Dalen Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SSG Michael Noll PO3 Craig Phillips

Good morning, my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price and thank you for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Wednesday, September 25, 2019 entitled "The Pelican Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars."
Image: The Pelican Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars - Image Credit & Copyright - Yannick Akar
Beautiful picture - to be honest I prefer these magnificent images of the heavens than the composite pictures which though interesting seem to be more artistic talent than astronomy image.

"Explanation: The Pelican Nebula is slowly being transformed. IC 5070, the official designation, is divided from the larger North America Nebula by a molecular cloud filled with dark dust. The Pelican, however, receives much study because it is a particularly active mix of star formation and evolving gas clouds. The featured picture was produced in three specific colors -- light emitted by sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen -- that can help us to better understand these interactions. The light from young energetic stars is slowly transforming the cold gas to hot gas, with the advancing boundary between the two, known as an ionization front, visible in bright orange on the right. Particularly dense tentacles of cold gas remain. Millions of years from now this nebula might no longer be known as the Pelican, as the balance and placement of stars and gas will surely leave something that appears completely different.

Thank you, my friend Maj Marty Hogan for mentioning me.
FYI SGT Steve McFarland SPC Chris Bayner-Cwik Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SFC Jack Champion

MAJ Bill, very nice and you can really distinguish the Pelican...