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IC 5067 Pelican Nebula

IC 5067, part of the Pelican Nebula, is a star-forming region about 1800 light-years away, where new stars are coalescing out of the gas and dust. 

A few "tendrils', like the one to the upper right of the centre, are columns of dust blown away by one or more stars outside the image, to the upper left. The new star at the tip of the tendril is emitting jets of gas to the side. It's a so-called Herbig-Haro object. The sideways jets are both bent downwards by the same stellar winds which are creating the tendril. The generic name for these tendrils is "elephant's trunk".

Where to see it in the sky:

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