Pillars and Jets in the Pelican Nebula.

What dark structures arise from the Pelican Nebula? Visible as a bird-shaped nebula toward the constellation of a bird ( Cygnus , the Swan), the Pelican Nebula is a place dotted with newly formed stars but fouled with dark dust. These smoke-sized dust grain s formed in the cool atmospheres of young stars and were dispersed by stellar winds and explosions . Impressive Herbig-Haro jets are seen emitted by a star on the right that is helping to destroy the light year -long dust pillar that contains it. The featured image was scientifically-colored to emphasize light emitted by small amounts of ionized nitrogen , oxygen , and sulfur in the nebula made predominantly of hydrogen and helium . The Pelican Nebula (IC 5067 and IC 5070) is about 2,000 light-years away and can be found with a small telescope to the northeast of the bright star Deneb .