APOD: 2021 March 1 - The Pelican Nebula in Red and Blue

Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Post-Processed Picture of the Day (APPPOD) is titled "The Pelican Nebula in Red and Blue."

This magnificent image was produced by processing and filtering to bring out 'two main colors, red and blue, with the red dominated by light emitted by interstellar hydrogen. Ultraviolet light emitted by young energetic stars is slowly transforming cold gas in the nebula to hot gas.'

In any event whether colorized or not this is a wonderful image of a section of God's creation in the heavens.

Image: The Pelican Nebula in Red and Blue - Image Credit & Copyright - M. Petrasko, M. Evenden, U. Mishra (Insight Obs.)

APOD Background
Explanation: The Pelican Nebula is changing. The entire nebula, officially designated IC 5070, is divided from the larger North America Nebula by a molecular cloud filled with dark dust. The Pelican, however, is particularly interesting because it is an unusually active mix of star formation and evolving gas clouds. The featured picture was processed to bring out two main colors, red and blue, with the red dominated by light emitted by interstellar hydrogen. Ultraviolet light emitted by young energetic stars is slowly transforming cold gas in the nebula to hot gas, with the advancing boundary between the two, known as an ionization front, visible in bright red across the image center. 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."

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Great photo and I can definitely see how it got its name.

Good "Monday" Morning and welcome to a new week and month my good friend and Astronomy Enthusiast Maj William W. 'Bill' Price - thanks for sharing the APOD Titled: The Pelican Nebula in Red and Blue" on this first day of March my friend. You have a great start to your Monday and the new month Bill!