Pelikan Nebel

Pelican Nebula (IC5070) taken from Leeds UK by amateur astro-photographer urmymuse

IC5067

Der Pelikan Nebel (bekannt auch als IC 5070 and IC 5067 is an H II region associated with the North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The gaseous contortions of this emission nebula bear a resemblance to a pelican, giving rise to its name.

The Pelican is much studied because it has a particularly active mix of star formation and evolving gas clouds. The light from young energetic stars is slowly transforming cold gas to hot and causing an ionization front gradually to advance outward. Particularly dense filaments of cold gas are seen to still remain, and among these are found two jets emitted from the Herbig–Haro object 555.

In Millionen von Jahren von heute an, wird dieser Nebel nicht mehr als Pelikan-Nebel bekannt sein. Die Verschiebungen und Umwälzungen der Sterne und auch des Gases wird den Nebel komplett anders aussehen lassen.

External links

1. Pelican Nebula Close-up
2. North America and the Pelican
3. Nebulae in the Northern Cross
4. IC 5067 in the Pelican Nebula
5. Northern Cygnus

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• Image by Arran Hill